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d alarm, and as I rushed back to the coffee table

ng code, while the live ticker at the bottom of the TV news announced that

ilk tie loose and grinding his back molars as his chief agent and ri

hundred percent, Zane broke free from Lily's grip, lunged at the key

his small knuckles, my

roke gives them a more pr

m of my trench coat, tears brimming in her wide eyes

rd from the wall, forced a hard shutdown, and pried t

om hardware was ripped apart, bi

bowl of water inside the microwave, and hit high power; within secon

's tech team had already narrowed the si

unpacked clothes back into the suitcas

front of the twins, I

ht now. Not a single

backpack over his shoulders, and took

k, tucked my folding scalpel inside my waistban

e our heads as I scanned the empty corrido

amiliar weightlessness made my stomach lurch, dragging

flagged down a rideshare car, threw the bags into the

et in Flushing, I glanced through the rain-streaked rear

rypted number, and my best friend Ciji Holder answered on the first

. "Griffin's people are on our tail in Fl

ed on the other end before hanging

section, I checked my watch, every ticking secon

ointing out the side window, his gray-blu

roof SUVs bearing the Griffin Security insigni

ed halfway down, revealing right-hand man, Owe

children down onto the floorboard

the armored convoy in terror,

piss off the mo

y voice cracking like a whip. "Turn right int

tires screeching on the wet pavement as we barely scraped

ind us while I held the twins tight,

ams flared to life in the darkness, and a massive black Range Rov