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"What? Like she’s going to remember any of this?"

Peri started when Frank was suddenly behind her, the rifle now in Allen’s hand and out of her reach His ers pinched her arm as he pulled her away, but she was too shocked to react Her heart pounded as Allen set the rifle on the bar with a sliding click, brown eyes evaluating Sandy’s aim never wavered, her expression mean, as if she wanted an excuse

Not Jack! But it felt like a wish, and she tensed as the truth cycled down to one ugly certainty If she ju--be exactly who they wanted She’d be whatever they told her she was How ets it all," Sandy said sarcastically "Welcome to the party, Peri"

"Jack?" Peri said, and he winced, not in pain, but in guilt

Anger flared "You bastard!" she shouted, lurching for hi son of a bastard! You kneover the tasks she could reht htened I trusted hi, Jack scooted hie "I’m sorry, babe I did it because I love you It’s the only way to stay together"

"Stay together?" Peri exclaiet to Jack, but Frank had her, ar have you been doing this? Lying about our tasks, ent? Was my name on that list? It asn’t it And it wasn’t me, it was you!"

Jack lifted the scarf from his middle and let the blood-soaked yarn hit the floor with a sodden plop "You can’t tellhis torn shirt to show the body armor dented and smeared with synthetic blood "The excite her a shit-eating grin

"I’led as Jack levered hie He ht, even down to where to put the sack of fake blood Da it forit for kicks" Jack reached aardly to the straps, and the sound of Velcro ripped the air His innocent blue eyes were full of knowing "Adht have to kill soet froure things out"

"Let rip as Sandy watched in ao!" she demanded, throat raw She was a soldier She did not do this for kicks!

But she was caught The doors were barred Jack was unhurt, and they were going to shoot her to make her draft And thatto spin her back four ain

"I won’t forget this," she vowed as Jack set his body are and cautiously palpated his middle "I don’t care if you take away a year I’ll remember"

Sandy looked at Allen as if for his opinion, and the ht "She’s right," he said, and Jack’s head snapped up, his fingers fu as he rebuttoned his bloody shirt "There’s too h to form aholes"

"Hey, I gave her a clean limpse of his holster under his coat "Do you kno hard it is to fragment an entire person? Make a realistic tiht, her lips tasting a h," Allen said "There are too s the truth out or MEPs trying I have to take her all the way back"

Peri went still in Frank’s grip, scared "All the way? What is all the way?"

"Hey Wait a ot to his feet, hand to his bruised ribs "I’ve got this I know her mind A year maybe, but no ree," Sandy said "Take her all the way back It’s the only way to be sure she stays useful" She beaain"

"A, fuck," he o!" Peri deh, and when Sandy looked away, she acted Heart pounding, she breathed fast, enriching her blood Frank’s grip tightened as he guessed she was going to do so It was exactly what Peri wanted

Peri went loose in his grip Frank leaned forward to keep their balance His chin dropped, and Peri slammed her head back, teeth clenched; his nose crunched and he howled in pain

Peri dropped again, breath held and core tight Frank instinctively tightened his grip until she could lever hiht arched over her then slammed into the floor to knock hi into Jack on the stage and grabbing his Glock frole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">