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But then he shifted to ease the stress on his knee, and thenow," he said "If we’re lucky, we canat the obituaries"
She wanted this--wanted it badly--but still … "Did it ever occur to you that we’re doing a non-Opti-sanctioned task?" she asked
"One job on our own doesn’t lowing lights feeling as far away as theit forit for kicks echoed in her thoughts, lingering to et out Once he’s dead, I can let it go and move on, but I don’t feel like me He took three years of my life and shoved you off a balcony I need … closure," she said sarcastically, thinking she sounded like Sandy
"Let’sNot even ‘You’re being held accountable for what you did’ We do it and get out He doesn’t even need to knoe’re there until he’s dying on the floor Three aze on the black branches of the dead tree above them "I can’t believe he hasn’t left the state,us out" It had alrumbled "The alliance may have started an assassination corps"
Silas doesn’t have the build, she thought, hunching down A car was co across the abandoned streets ht on time," Peri said It was like an itch If she could just do this one thing, the rest of her life would fall into place, she knew it "Why does he do this at night? It’s not like he’s got to punch a clock"
"They only have one car, and the wouy with the dreadlocks drops hi her to herup the Internet until she’s done, and then they pick Denier up on the way home Until they come back, Denier is on his own"
And vulnerable She juot out The darkness made Peri and Allen invisible "See you later!" a woman called, and Silas half turned and waved at the car as it did a one-eighty and started back the way it had coive him a few minutes," Allen said
Jaw clenched, Peri watched Silas unlock the thick padlock to get through the razor-wire fence He left it unchained and used a second key to unlock one of the barricaded twin doors and slipped inside Alht leaked out of the high glass s that still reoing to kill so was almost unbearable "I want this done," she whispered
"Then let’s go"
She stood, feeling exposed under the dead tree In the distance, traffic sped in two lines of colored light--so ht Steady, she touched her belt pack and then the Opti-issued Glock The thru the tiny sounds of their soft-soled shoes on the old concrete Allen was first to the razor-wire gate, carefullythe chain so it wouldn’t clank She slipped in past him, then hesitated at the main door
"Ready?" Allen whispered
Anticipation was a sudden, bright wire snaking through her Breath held, she scanned the fallow lots, the city looking like mountains There, at the far end of the street, was a ht it was a man Or was it a shadow… Her eyes narrowed, and doubt made her hesitate
"What is it?" Allen whispered, lips inches fro" Resolute, she shifted the door just enough to slip inside Allen was right behind her as they entered the scarred lobby Grit ground between her and the enerator Power cords snaked deeper into the building Barren walls and gouged marble swept clean by hazmat teams had left a scoured beauty She couldn’t help but feel a kinship with the old building, a shell with only fragments and pieces left to rebuild itself, and her doubts pushed to the forefront For the first time, she felt like a killer
He has to die
Peri’s heart clenched in ache when she looked past a dented, modern door and into the auditoriuone, leaving only aspace with barren walls, lorded over by the broken balcony Most of the Neo-Renaissance carvings and relief had been chipped or were ed the once polished wood, and the white e were stark in the bright lights hanging froled as she remembered the power of three thousand people crushed into space designed for half that, all of the to the sa
A card table desk with a e A laptop was open on it, looking like a prop in an apocalyptic play The scent of rotted carpet mixed with the clean smell of cut wood Her eyes rose, and she blinked fast The do roof hadn’t reached, the colors and gilt looking as bright as the day they’d been painted Eastown isn’t gone yet, and neither ale" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">