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"All right," Sainia by sixteen hundred hours torimly

ADAM Resnick never knew anyone was in his house until he felt the cold slide of a knife against his neck His hands froze on the keyboard of his co to make the blade sink farther into his flesh

Already blood welled and trickled down his skin He could sh not to shake, but that didn’t mean his pulse wasn’t about to explode inside his head

"Very good," the man murmured behind his ear "Most people would panic, then have their throat cut and die as a result of their own stupidity"

"What do you want?" Resnick demanded, his hands still locked in place

"I understand you have quite the association with KGI I need infor a move soon and I, of course, want to head them off at the pass"

"Who?"

The knife bit farther into his neck, and Resnick gritted his teeth against the sting

"Let’s not play games You knoho I am I knoho you are I know you have KGI in your back pocket and I also know you have the inforust, but he held his tongue Pissing off this faceless et his throat cut

And then the knife was gone and the hard point of a pistol dug into the back of his head

"Get up Slowly No sudden moves My friend here is somewhat of a hen it comes to computers They like him, you see They always tell hi yours will have everything we need to know about KGI"

Resnick closed his eyes, knowing there was no way out He could die but they’d still have access to his computer, and Titan would have soe co into Resnick’s files, but Titan wouldn’t have anyone average on their payroll

He slowly rose, holding his hands up where they could be seen A hand curled around his ar and then righted hi away froers laced together I better not even hear you breathe or you’re a dead man"

He was a dead man anyway It was a simple truth, one he accepted with no emotion He should have already died He was a overnment for what he’d done to help Shea and Grace Peterson and, by proxy, KGI

He’d blown the top off the secret research that had been resumed after years of dormancy Even now, in the upper echelons of theabout who and as responsible for the group who’d been behind the creation of the tomen with extraordinary powers

And Resnick aiting to die for the simple fact that he no too much

He closed his eyes and listened to the tapping of fingers on his keyboard The men di

dn’t talk, didn’t communicate verbally, not until the end when the newcomer said, "I have it"

"Thank you, Mr Resnick, for your service," the one who’d held the knife to his throat said

A single pop followed, the unh Resnick’s back and into his chest His knees buckled and he pitched forward, agony tearing through his body at supersonic speed

Blood ar into the carpet

After a moment the pain faded, replaced by complete nuurgling sound erupted from his throat and the ue

He tried to roll over, tried to inable strength

The phone He had to get to the phone He had to warn Saently shook Grace awake as the plane touched down on the private airstrip owned andseparated from Grace, especially when he had no idea if he’dsafe, and he didn’t want her anywhere near when Titan made their eventual appearance

Grace sat up, sleepily rubbing at her eyes, and then she looked at Rio, sorrow tugging at her features as she realized where they were

"Don’t look like that," he said, forcing a set to see Shea"

Grace nodded "Yes, I can’t wait to see her, but I don’t want you to go, Rio I hate that you’ll be so far away and I won’t knohat’s happening"

He touched his ar "You’ll know We have a connection that distance can’t break We’ll still be together"

She smiled then and squeezed his hand "I love you, you know"

"Yeah, I do know We’re going to do this, Grace Go see your sister and get better for et back"

Rio stood and then motioned for Alton and Decker to follow him Grace also stood, but Rio put his hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her back down

"I don’t want you to get off," he said "Terrence and Diego will stay on with you while the plane is refueled and you’ll be taking off immediately You have clearance to land at Fort Ca an army pilot who’ll fly you to Kentucky"

Panic flared in her eyes as the hatch opened and the steps were pushed to the doorway Rio leaned in one last ti back as he disembarked the plane If he looked back, he wouldn’t be able to walk away