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I blew out a breath and put lasses back on so that she was in focus when I quietly asked her, "Do you need the doc to coive hio ahead when you were knocked out That felt like so you should consent to"

She lifted a dark eyebrow in ers to her forehead and closed her eyes "He doesn’t need to corittedI put a hand to the back of ered there, wanting clarification but dreading the rationale of why she didn’t want the doctor to return "Do you not need hi happened, or because you don’t want anyone to knoent dohile you were being held captive?"

God, I hoped it was the first, but if it was the second, I was going to respect her wishes and let the subject drop Noe only gave what she wanted sohed and rolled her eyes so that she was looking up at the ceiling, "Nothing happened, Stark One of the guys, the cop who grabbed hborhood, had busy hands, but that’s it I made it clear if any of theirl disappear They had no idea that I don’t knohere she is"

I stopped h to stare at her in a mixture of shock and awe "You don’t knohere she is?"

She shook her head slightly, her colorful hair falling into her dark eyes "I never know It’s safer that way I use recording software and a dictation prograent response fro in with Julia, but they didn’t know that"

S heavy throb in the center ofback a hum of appreciation at her brilliance and boldness, I plowed lass that covered s into sharp focus when, in reality, her brilliance and overwhels better than any refractive lens could

"I should have offered to help" The words renched out ofenius, brilliant, and above basic hu over the right thing like I couldn’t even see it

She led noise low in her throat and lowered her inky lashes so that her eyes and her secrets were hidden froaze "You don’t know me We aren’t friends I stole your stuff and don’t feel even slightly bad about it You were my last resort, Snowden I was disappointed but not surprised you sent ht a reaction to her use of my real name and shook my head at her "No one calls me that"

"Snowden? It’s your name, isn’t it?" She lifted both her eyebrows this time then hissed out a breath between her teeth when it obviously caused her soe of her nose and continued to watch me

"It is, but it’s stupid Snowden Stark sounds like a character straight out of Game of Thrones I’ve always been Stark" It was too flashy, too whi on the inside

"I like Snowden Snow and Noe We rhyrin and I could see that her jet-colored eyes were a little glassy and slightly out of focus

"You have a concussion You won’t think our naether once your head is healed up" I doubted she was going to want any part of her attached to any part offorlass of water and a couple of painkillers that she gladly took She gazed up at the big ratitude as she told hi ed one of his enius It was his plan and his insistence that we get you out I only do the heavy lifting and the point and shoot Are you hungry? I was gonna order pizza"

She put a hand over her stoet cleaned up and the rooet out of your hair You don’t want me here if Goddard made it out of that shon alive"

Booker waved her off and pulled a cell phone out of his back pocket "Don’t rush it This is as good a place as any for you to get back on your feet No one gets in or out without security’s permission, and that includes Goddard In fact, there’s an eht want to see if Race is up for letting you use it as a hideout until you have a handle on this situation"

She reed, "That’s a great idea"