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"Fine But I want you to take the accelerator, too," Allen said as he wiped his fingers on his napkin

Silas’s lip curled "To give to Peri? No It’s poison"

Allen tossed his wadded-up napkin aside "So much for choice"

"The accelerator isn’t a choice, it’sisn’t?" Allen leaned forward, hunched over his plate "That hallucination you put in her to cover up yourhis hands under the table to hide them

"You know, if you have it, Steiner can’t force it on the next drafter he finds," Harht even be helpful in creating an Evocane substitute

"Fine I’ll take the accelerator," he said softly "How long until you can get it?"

The two men looked expectantly at her, and Harmony hesitated "Ahhh, what the hell," she finally whispered "A few hours,blink of relief He wouldn’t let her be forced into so because he failed He would find her, keep her froh withdrawal But what scared hi her head with the , bulletproof, and more vulnerable to manipulation than a two-year-old child

He would risk everything for her All Peri needed was ti over Bill’sup and away as Susanne turned over Bill’s eyes opened at the flush of cooler air on his backside A faint glow had lit the bedroo huet your phone," the woy, he rolled to the edge of his bed, dragging the covers with him She pulled them back when he squinted at the phone to read the naht, surprised the anchor had gotten himself to a phone already He hadn’t expected to hear froiven him some freedom Idiots

Eyes closed, he flopped back onto the pillow and thumbed the connection open "Jack?" he breathed "It’s five in the h the line, the sound of water running in the background telling Bill that Jack wasn’t on a secure line "She pulled ether?" His eyes flicked open as Susanne flung the covers aside and sto off her pale liet back here You need funds? Assets?" he asked, watching the light co in under the bathroom door

"No, we’re in Detroit She left without any Evocane, ets it, she’s co" Peri had a right to be pissed, but kill hied the sheet to cover hiht "Denier?" he asked, not believing he’d cracked the biologic

"The arena’s pissant," Jack said, his sarcasave half to Steiner so he wouldn’t know there was a second vial and tear the arena apart looking for it Listen, she made me tell Michael--"