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A flash of anger crosses her eyes, but she does well to contain it before it does further dalances at her finger
"I’d be happy to show you," she says sultrily, "if you’d like to see the rest of my body"
A faint smile appears on one side of ine what Izabel is thinking right now This is yet another issue where Izabel will have to learn self-control, but I have little confidence in that ever happening; she is a jealous wo kink in the armor in this business
"So then you knohere I ca up the playful, seductive act "I knew you’d have that ured out at least before you took your turn Yes, Solis isher lips conte him anyone’s father; a more appropriate term would be sperm donor"
"Hoere you coet out of me, Faust It’s inconsequential"
"On the contrary," I say, "it is the reason you are here A personal vendetta But that raises another question--if you were comprout," she says, "the Sect doesn’t immediately kill its operatives because of a mistake There aren’t as many of us, and we are, shall I say…worth a lot more than dispensable operatives like yourself When one of us makes a mistake, we’re punished in ways that your Specialist cannot even fathoo the way of the grave"
"Soone the way of the rogue"
Her eyes crease with curiosity
"And ould make you think that?"
"Because you flinched when I taunted you about that finger," I point out "And because you attacked Izabel when she taunted you An SC-4 operative does not show anger because they do not feel anger"
Kessler’s chest, bound to the chair by paracord, rises slowly as she inhales a deep, concentrated breath
"You’re right," she admits, "I was compromised And they tortured the hell out of o through what I went through, the treatment had the opposite effect on me I didn’t revert back into the soldier I was bred and born and trained to be"--she grins--"I guess you can say they pissed me the fuck off and I becae, and it was so…liberating, Faust" She looks upward at the ceiling; a euphoric expressionher features She drops her chin and looks back at ht feel to an addict I wanted more of it after I had tasted it the first tiet it Kill anyone to keep it" There is a hiddenbehind her last adot inshe does not wantcertain answers to ivehere Any topic she does not want to talk about is surely behind the source of her intentions--how she was compromised, who she killed for her freedooes on, "you and me, we are a lot alike I bet I’anization, even that beautiful redhead of yours How long do you think a relationship with her will last?" There is nothing provoking in her question; she seems quite serious
But I find myself deeply provoked, nonetheless