he car. She jogged toward the curve in the highway

gonally across the two lanes. Its hazard lights blink

up of people clustered around the asphalt ne

y flat on her back on the rough road. She wo

r of ash. Her lips were a deep, bruised purple. Her hands clawed

lt beside Audrey. Tiffany wore a des

men in black suits standing around them. "I will

He was sweating profusely. A leather medical bag sat open next to his

Audrey's neck. She watched the faint, erratic flutter of the ju

attack. The muscle spasms in Audrey's neck and the specific discolor

his bag. The needle was long and thick. He drew a

e directly at the center of Audrey's chest, prepa

e hit a heart failing from neurotoxins, the

man's knee with a sharp, incredibly precise blow. The bodyguards grunted as their legs buckle

shot out and clamped around the doctor's

ground together. He let out a sharp cry of pain. Th

is head up. His fac

g?" the doctor yel

e cluster in his wrist. The doctor's fingers went numb an

The sunlight caught the

be dead in three seconds," Dakota said. H

t. She pointed a shaking fin

. "Look at you. You look like a homeless

is injured wrist. He

doctor shouted to the guards. "If Audre

ir suit jackets. The metallic click of telescopic batons exten

he men glared down at

e, wet choking sound came from her throat. The portable h

ed the syringe onto the asphalt. It rolled away.

here who can keep he