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"Words to live by, lady The driver’s one of Joe’s guys; he’ll take care of you He’s also got supplies for you Ue isn’t on our radar as a Fountain Group hotbed of activity"

"We’re not staying here," Bryn said "We’re going to Barrow"

"Wow Barrow As inare you renting a dogsled, too?"

"I have no idea," Bryn said "But I need to get there and get back, and fast We have to on board of directors"

"I-- Okay So, you need one puddle juet on that Bryn? Are you sure you’re--"

"I’m sure," she said "Thanks, Pansy Tell my sister I love her"

"I will Be careful"

"Ahed, but it sounded hollow Bryn one, and for aPatrick’s Then she said, "You were serious? About Joe’s family?"

"Yes," Patrick said "Jane won’t flinch"

No Jane wouldn’t Bryn knew that fro close experience "Andmy family"

He was quiet for a few seconds, then lifted her hand to press a kiss on the back of it "Brick’s people are watching theht save their lives," she finished She wasn’t really close to her other brothers and sister; they’d all gone very different ways in their lives Her motherWell They’d never been exactly Norman Rockwell portrait material But that didn’t mean she didn’t love them, didn’t worry

And her nieces and nephews didn’t deserve any part of this horror If I’d knoas coht with a wave of dull, black despair, I’d have let Jane feed me to the incinerator Except that would not have saved anyone else, ulti that would save people, really save them, would be the destruction of the Fountain Group itself

But first, she had to finish Jane And for thatfor that, she needed to get to the unlikely place of Barrow, Alaska

The driver turned and rolled down theup front "Ma’am? I’ve been told to take you and Mr McCallister to the airport Your friend thereHe doesn’t look so good What would you like me to do with him?"

Reynolds Bryn looked at theto lose its elasticity now, and take on that muddy color of deco

"Once we’re in the air, take hi When I co out"

Reynolds roused at that, and looked at her His lips hastly "So fast," he whispered "Please"

"Yes," she said "I proh, and closed those cloudy eyes again

"You should stay with hiet hih I doubt it They probably considered hi these people don’t see with you," Patrick said

"I don’t need you for--"

"I’," he said It was flat, and hard as steel, and she set all forceful," she said "All right But don’t blaet eaten by polar bears It’s already snow season there"

"I love the cold," he said, and gave her a crooked smile that warmed her nicely "And I trust you to take care of the polar bears"

Chapter 21

Bryn expected the driver to take them to the ly, the biggest business, but the driver went a different wayto an access gate that led to the extensive private plane section "I thought ere taking a co?"