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“First Elena and then you” A blown-out breath “I want to show you so for an answer, he went to another coe wall screen in front of the consoles “Watch”
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She watched, because Vivek, mood or not, would never waste her time, not when he kne important this was to her The clip turned out to be a traffic report from one of the local television stations—and then suddenly, the bubbly blonde reporter was yelling at her ca Honor saas the brilliant near-white hair of the worace extraordinary An instant later, the reason for her urgency ca chase, as fast and ruthless as a panther, his shirt splattered with the viscous red of blood
Honor had been out of the country at the time of the infamous chase across Manhattan, and while she’d read about it, she’d never seen the actual footage As she watched, Elena pulled out a gun, turned as if to shoot Dmitri—just as a sleek black motorcycle screeched to a stop at the corner, only a couple of feet away
Juht to the driver as the er D in spite of the intensity of the chase, stood at the curband blew Elena a kiss
“That,” Vivek said with soleot the hots for Ellie said she slit his throat and he liked it”
Goose bu her spine “So of the violence she’d witnessed in Dic doesn’t work”
Vivek parted his lips, then seemed to think better of what he’d been about to say “Just, be careful And if you ever need to disappear, all you have to do is ask” He headed to one of the co the data over here, too I’ll run search algorithh the e-mails”
It enty st all the other business ones, the subject header an innocuous project name The only reason she’d even scanned it was because it appeared at the beginning of her period of captivity
The first et an invitation?
The response was as simple: I’ll call you
Two days later: I haven’t felt this alive in over a century
The response: I’d forgotten what it was to hunt downThey’d sily pleasure Pulse pounding in her temples, she checked the e-mail address of Tommy’s friend It didn’t surprise her in the least when it proved to identify the writer “They never even considered anyone would co” After all, Honor hadn’t been meant to leave that pit Ever
“Leon and his friends aren’t as sophisticated askiss thatto see what reed the her, creating bruises upon bruises The pungent scent of bleach in the roowrenched open