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"Out," Allen demanded as the trailer shifted when two more men tried to come in, and they retreated "You" Allen handed one of the reents Silas’s phone and wallet "Go thank the mall security Tell them we have our suspects and we’ll be out of their hair in five ents "You two go find the car and ets here in five minutes!" he shouted "Not ten Not six Five!"

They headed for the open door, and Allen clicked open his radio "I’m in the construction trailer on the south end," he said sourly "Give me a forty-foot perimeter around it Now"

Eyes fixed on Silas, he pulled his handgun fro in relief Still the agents hesitated, and Allen waved at the them out "Go on," he demanded "He’s cuffed and tied to a five-hundred-pound cabinet"

Slowly they retreated, talking even as they shut the door behind the the changes in his old friend

"Shut up," Allen said as he turned off his radio

"How could you do that to her?" Silas whispered, leaning as far forward as he could He’d al, posing as her anchor He ht look the part, with his lanky, athletic body, but Allen’s defrag techniques weren’t good enough How he’d worked hih in Opti’s ranks so fast was more than suspicious

"I said"--Allen set his phone where Silas could see the live, hijacked mall security video focused on the trailer--"shut up a ainst the new scrape on his face, and they watched thethe trailer fall back to a coes in Allen went deeper than the bandages There was a little more maturity across the shoulders, and his black curls were cut shorter Pain had er, but he was as fit and scar-lasses were the same black plastic Silas knew he used them to keep women away--birth-control frames, he called them Not that Allen didn’t like wo hill to be conquered--at his preference

"Seriously, are you okay?" Allen said, shoulders slu the painas they interfered with the ability to recognize drafts "They didn’t hit you too hard, eh?"

Wet and filthy fro on his Opti pin "You are … a son of a bitch"

Allen’s expression hardened "We have fiveure out hoe can fix this?"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>