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. I had one weapon left-one that b

threw it like a spear at his mental shields. We shared an incomplete bon

et them take my blood! I'm

onsciousness-raw, weeping,

n went

grip on my forearm, lining the needle

.. please stop! I bit my lip until blood welled, p

son

un across the room and shattered against the

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chest heaved like he'd r

s wrist. His eyes darted between the broken glass a

"The panel... we have

looking at him. His eyes were locked on my face, wide

bed his case, left the broken glass, an

I sank into the leather cushions, gasp

arker-confusion, wounded pride. My mental plea had bypassed his w

with two fingers,

th mind games, Daphne?" he hissed,

I am not a lab specimen.

usting off his sleeves.

ve the strength to work. Tomorrow, eight o'clock. Oakhaven headquar

ard him. "What? My

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t toward his library. N

y palms. His executive tower at Oakhaven headquarters-elite Alpha guar