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She threw her ar from head to toe with emotion He rubbed his hands up and down her back and simply let her hold on, let her take what she needed while he held her just as tightly as she held him
After a while, Wade bent and brushed his lips across hers in a tender kiss "Plans have to change I need to call Dane and apprise him of the newest develop second And then you get your ass back here toSuch a simple word and yet it hit her like a ton of bricks She’d never belonged to anyone She’d never belonged anywhere Wade said she belonged to and with hi that, finally, she actually felt a sense of true belonging
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ELIZA purposely arrived at the site of the press conference early so she could select a place directly in front of the podiu her She hadn’t shared this with Wade, but she’d only given hi here when Thole thing she’d told hi to face Thomas was absolutely true But there was another reason, one she hadn’t dared impart to Wade or he would have shut her down so fast her head would have spun
She wanted to be as close to Thomas as possible because she knew once he spotted her, once he knew she was there, alin his manipulation And now that she understood the difference between thoughts and feelings psychically implanted and those that were solely her own, she knew she was no longer that starry-eyed teenager living without hope with only her daydreams and fantasies to make life bearable
She would know ih theAnd she needed to know, because if he could still le person iainst people absolutely loyal to her, betray them, destroy them and herself in the process
It was a test Theon the outcome Whatever the result, she would still walk away once Thoistered her presence It was only a matter of whether she would return to Wade, confident in her ability to withstand a mental assault, orif her barriers were breached then she’d run and she’d keep running Forever Whatever it took to ensure she would never be under Thoain and used to destroy the lives of the people who meant theever so slightly so she could view the growing crowd Though she had yet to speak to Dane since the last time she’d seen him when she’d requested vacation ti over her, taking her back like always, and with him the other DSS operatives Zack Newlyhere Next to Dane, Zack was closest to her of everyone she worked with
She had the ut in every detail, any sign of danger, protecting her and then, when she left, they would shadow Thomas’s every move and even Tho watched Her pride in the people she worked ell deserved, absolute and unwavering They’d proven theain Even when she’d been abducted and subjected to grueling torture, she’d never once lost faith that they would find her and get her out alive
More and rassy circle and the businesses behind the it impassable to vehicles The businesses had all closed for the press conference No one would be anywhere but here Afterward, they’d reopen and likely do a booossip and offer their opinions on Thomas’s statement And Eliza’s presence of course
As safe as she knew she was in the hands of her tea over her, she wished Wade was here, even just doing what her teaood reason not to leave the safe house With so , he couldn’t risk being seen by anyone
If he was the one taking Thomas down--and he was adamant that it was his mission and his alone--then he couldn’t be linked in any way to the town or the media, and he could not be seen by anyone who could place him in the vicinity of Thomas
It still made her sick to her soul to have Wade take someone’s life for her It was her risk to take, her fall to take, her right to finally bring hihts and i all for her and did another quick scan of the now massive crowd Thea preli while the reporter chirped her spiel as if this was soust and then she froze, all her breath leaving her lungs in one forceful exhale She stared, nearly paralyzed with panic and anxiety as she watched a procession of police cars flanking a four-door sedan pull up to the cordoned-off and guarded section of street directly in front of the courthouse on the opposite side of the grassy area from where the press conference was set up
She stared in horror as the driver stepped out, doing a quick scan of his i the door to the backseat A half dozen police officers converged as Thoan walking slowly across the grass to where the platfor years in prison, Thoood to him Even in his twenties, he’d possessed a tie And now, he looked only slightly older than he had at twenty-eight Even rown more handsouished air that drew people to hier and bitter hatred boiled in her veins It wasn’t fair! He’d viciouslyat all They were dead, their lives cut short and he was now a freethe ti life to look forward to The wo in terror and unspeakable agony Her only consolation was that if all went according to plan, his life would end just when he thought it would begin again