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“She’s MINE!” I screamed. “I deserve her, not some fucking cretin like you!”
“A fucking cretin who has your life in his hands,” Lars said coldly.
I was ready.
To hell with these two –
I wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of begging.
“Go ahead,” I sneered. “Kill me, then.”
Lars looked at me for a long moment…
Then said, “No… I don’t think so.”
A tiny bit of hope bloomed inside me –
But before I could say anything, Rachel spoke out loud. “That all you need, boys?”
The door to the stairwell burst open, and a dozen men in black tactical equipment rushed out, their assault rifles pointed at me.
Among them was a man in a sweatshirt and jeans – one of the research techs that Rachel had worked with when she was a field agent. Sean something-or-other.
That was when I realized:
They tricked me!
They tricked me into confessing!
My shock was matched only by my relief when Lars hauled me back from the abyss and flung me at the agents’ feet.
“Hands behind your back!” one of them shouted.
“I’m innocent!” I shrieked. “I didn’t do anything – ”
One of the thugs planted a boot on my neck, and another roughly handcuffed me behind my back.
My last image as they dragged me down the stairs was of the Neanderthal and the bitch smiling smugly.
“I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!” I screamed. “I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!”
And then the door slammed shut behind me.
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Lars
Iwatched them haul Alistair away, sniveling and screaming to the last.
It was cold consolation for everything he’d taken from me.
I’d wanted to let go of him – to watch him fall nine stories and splatter on the ground –
But Rachel’s words had reined me in.
If you kill the Director of Operations of MI6, you’ll be shot on sight. Even if you escape, you’ll be classified as a terrorist. Your life will be worth nothing. They’ll hunt you down like a dog and kill you in the street.
…and I just got you back… I CAN’T lose you again…
