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Nora could feel the hair on the back of her neck coming up. “What have you done?” she whispered.
“Nothing that can’t be mostly undone if you make the right decision and come back to the fold. I’m not sure you could ever be more to me now than a valuable asset, but your friend Fallon is depending on you to make the right choice.”
“I swear by all that you hold dear, if you harm a single hair on her head, you won’t need to worry about the resistance coming for you, I’ll kill you myself,” Nora said in a calm voice that didn’t betray the rage of emotion storming through her veins.
“You are in no position to threaten me. You have somehow turned one of my longest placed operatives…”
“We both know you were never going to try and find a cure for DFTD.”
“Of course not, but that foolish girl didn’t know that, not until you told her—I’m assuming you told her.”
“That would be correct,” said Nora.
“And I understand poor Will was picked up by some of Reynolds men…”
How the hell did he know that and so quickly? Was there a third operative?
“You failed to eliminate either of the targets I sent you there to kill.”
“What can I say, I’m a major disappointment.”
“You are indeed,” snarled the Master, betraying his own emotions. “But I have decided to be magnanimous. I have, after all, invested a great deal in your training. You have cost me deeply, but I am going to give you one opportunity to make things right.”
“Why would I even care?”
“Because as far as I know, Fallon Kent is the only friend you’ve ever had.” He let the threat hang in the air between them.
Damn. How did I forget he was calling from Fallon’s phone and most likely was holding her prisoner?
“Unless you want to see her burned at the stake, I suggest you remember who your master is. You either kill Hutchinson and Reynolds or your little friend dies a horrific death.”
Nora knew him well enough to know that he wasn’t bluffing. “What will you require for proof?” she said coldly.
“I have hope that you might be redeemable. A picture of each and let’s say an ear delivered by overnight express. It didn’t take you anytime at all to turn on your lover and Reynolds.”
“One dick is as good as another in the dark. How do I know you’ll keep your end of the bargain?”
“As you said, if I don’t, my premiere assassin will make me her next target.”
“I want proof of life. For all I know Fallon is already dead.”
The Master chuckled—it was a malevolent sound. “I taught you well.”
Suddenly a video opened up showing Fallon bound and gagged. She was wide-eyed with fright. “I want to speak to her, and you will install her in a comfortable room and see that she is cared for.”
The video got a bit shaky as the Master approached Fallon and then ripped the gag off her mouth.
“Don’t do whatever he wants, Nora. Do you…”
The rest was cut off as the Master backhanded her and replaced the gag.
“Do that again, you bastard, and I’ll remove your hand,” snarled Nora.
“That might be more difficult than you imagine,” chuckled the Master.
“I don’t know,” returned Nora. “I understand obsidian cuts through a dragon like a hot knife through butter.”
“It seems someone has been doing her homework.”
