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"Max" Sophia’s fingers closing over his wrist

It was only then that he realized his hand was tre "They just used first naether"

"It’s an unusual nae at the time the paper ritten, and the addiction"

Hisa small piece of notepaper "What’s that?"

"The phone nuinal article He’s currently lecturing at the University of the South Pacific and is stationed in Vanuatu" There was a near-painful hope in her eyes "You should be able to get him in his office a little later on, check if it’s your brother"

Reaching forward, he tugged her into his ar his face in her hair "You don’t knohat thisinto his back, her emotions as clear as if she’d spoken

"You do, don’t you?" he whispered against her ear, the scent of her a baled soul "You know exactly what this means"

"Family, Max You’ll have family" Fierce, hopeful words "You won’t be alone" After I’one

Max clenched his hand in her hair, drawing back so he could look down into her face, so he could speak with his lips against hers "We," he said "We’ll have faht, with untrammeled happiness "Max" She pressed a kiss to his jaw just as his cell phone began beeping

It was Bart "Bonner’s escaped"

"How is that even possible?" Sophia stared at Max when he shut off the phone and told her what had happened The prison was underground, all access points securely guarded Even the eency exits were set with pressure-sensitive alarer than a field"He had an ‘accident, ’ had to be taken to theon the doctor for months He must’ve convinced her he was innocent"

"Even so"--Sophia couldn’t iine the sly evil that was Bonner back out on the streets--"the doctor couldn’t have had the necessary clearance to get him out"

"But she had access to tranquilizers--she took out the warden, then ransacked his office for the override keys" Max clenched his jaw so tight, he could hear his bones grind against each other "Manhunt’s in progress and they’re fairly certain he’s driving the doctor’s car"

Sophia sat down on the ar into the fabric "And the doctor?"

"If she’s lucky," Max said flatly, "she’s already dead If she’s not" He knew Sophia understood better than anyone what Bonner was capable of, the pain that would be the doctor’s reward for being foolish enough to believe in a sociopath

A quiet nod "Do you need to join the manhunt tea to fucking steal Max’s tiround" The teaer by the hour "What they need rid as we get sightings" The first thing that had come into Max’s mind had been Bonner’s twisted interest in Sophia "Sophie, there’s a chance he’ll head to you"

Sophia sed, nodded "I’ll be with you the majority of the tis I’ll take one of the security officers with o out on ht to protect her "Right now, he’s on the ground, so there’s not ht"I’ll alert Enforcement here, let DarkRiver know so their network can keep an eye out"

"Why is Enforce hi to the transmitter all violent offenders had placed under their skin for the duration of their sentence

"He ed to disable it soon after his escape-- it out for hi breath "Will she--the doctorsatisfy him for a period?"