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Even when our lives were going to hell, I was delighted to be working with this woman, fighting alongside her, making up plans and carrying them out. It was just as much of a thrill as making love to her. Even if we were on the run forever, it would be worth it as long as Dess was here with me.
Dess’s voice carried to me again. “One more to go. You’re going to pick me up, right? Or do I have to run back through this entire hellhole?”
I chuckled. “We’ll come get you.” I thumped the back of the driver’s seat, and Talon started the engine. “Berkley and King Street,” I said to both him and Dess.
Ten minutes later, the woman I loved was scrambling into the van next to me. She slammed the door and flopped back in the seat with a sound that was half exhilaration, half exasperation.
“Wasn’t that fun?” I said, and she whacked my arm in protest. But a smile curled her lips as we drove away from the scene of our soon-to-be crime.
I checked my laptop once more, confirmed we were well away from the routes the police would take, and gave the command to detonate.
The bombs went off in the distance like the crackle of popping corn. Sirens split the air moments later. I glanced across at Dess, and she grinned back at me, her eyes gleaming despite her earlier grumbling. “We did it,” she said.
“Hell, yes, we did.” And Hell itself would have been a worthwhile trip with her at my side.
I did hope it didn’t come to that, though.
