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and rubbing alcohol hitting her lungs. She walked straight do

His white hair was a mess. When he saw her, the dee

eavy jacket, tossed it onto a plastic chair, and rolled up t

o her skin pulsed with a

pressed the metal tip hard against her carotid ar

voice shaking. "Your core temp is lethal. You keep

going back to Aethelgard. I do

lgard... one of your old contacts from Langley sent a ghost signal. He intercepted chat

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arned, her voice a low rasp. "I

ed lockbox and pulled out a glass vial filled with

re dying," he

the hidden pocket inside her jacket,

open, stepping out into

sion caught a fla

reet, half-hidden in the shadow of an old oak tree, was a black SUV

at the corner of her

slow, deliberate steps straight across the stre

red in his chest. His hand dropped to his waist,

ommanded from the back

nst the roof. She leaned down, putting her face inches

ierce and locked eyes w

son said, voice dripping with boredom. "That

pped. His hand f

at slight bulge under your left lapel? Secret Servi

ened. His heart g

tone mocking. "You only find that specific soil composition near Quanti

t and slapped the ro

s in my town," she sne

lked away, posture relax

hroat dry. "Who the hell is

was rushing in his ears. "Spies don't blow the

buzzed in his hand. He

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