ot slept in th

greenhouse again, standing over an ultrasound she did not agree to. Her body buzzed with rage, with fear, with som

grounds were vast, but she had a creeping sense that the walls were closing

on her nightstand - Cash's note folded nex

part was that

Boone cam

th his hands behind his back as if th

y're going to need updated psychological and biological evaluati

e. "You can't compe

got to the ink on your consent before the w

looked past me

ty privileges. You will have access to the garden, library, east wing parlor, and sol

ous," she

uit you. If you want to affect your fut

k. "I'm not playin

, he didn't seem like a Pennington loyalist. He seemed lik

ve," he said softly,

nah exercised her

clenched, seeing the shadows grow long. Th

nger trus

an attendant at th

h before. Mostly qu

avannah this evening,

ys this way," Sav

eyes blank.

id to talk to anyone wh

a long moment. "I was y

ghtened. "Did he do

ook what he wanted. And t

you s

own game," Wren said. "

epped close

intest smile. "Y

library that night

ing and a spoon handle to pick the lock. H

ith a creak, and

es lined shelves. Worn ledgers, dusty reports,

binet labeled: "Medical: C

y was

idn't

etal buckled. Inside, there were sea

r had her

open

inted in

of Birth: Savannah Leigh Carlisle. Note: Genet

rned t

 June 6 (Unauthoris

ne

fore the

d turned

n't sle

fter she bolted the door, buried her stolen

id not bel

as a corpo

g, she appeared at b

ei bl

ng a sip of her tea. "Som

t. Crossed her legs.

uss busines

w. Slade did not lift

ant a personal staff. And I want the media

in the deal

she said. "You want p

le

olded h

ally met

to sound like a Pe

ghtly. "Then I now

her a key l

ent. Ten minutes

ed it in the h

graveyard of whi

ys, each footfall deliberate,

 the South

cked

stone, the fli

the steps, peering into the

they went down

was a vault. Not a met

ntered

opened wi

otage. Discs. Pho

up a reel. Pla

mo

ed to

eam

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the reel.

osed th

rom history," Wren said. "Jus

ched the scr

he needed

idn't bat an eye when Boone

smiled, and slid

the actua

ood: Her mother

ad re

at, they p

at Slade from a

ilence, she

d never e

this

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