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"You think the facility that Cormac saas LRI? I wouldn’t put it past Monsieur LaRoux, he’s arrogant enough to think he’s untouchable Mostly because he is" Merendsen rakes his fingers through his hair "God, what a ainst hi you can help," Jubilee admits "Given your new connection" I can tell by the way her jaw squares there’s , and it looks like Tarver Merendsen knows her as well as I do, because he waits too It shows up in one quick, short burst: "Why in God’s narined ahi up one hand to bid her wait as he recovers enough to talk "Oh, I knew that was co," he mutters "Because I like the cushy lifestyle, Lee You knowher?"
"I honestly don’t know, sir I keep trying to…But it’s Lilac LaRoux, for God’s sake" She spits the naument all on its own, like he’ll see his mistake if he hears it one rins "Because I’m in love with her, Captain Because she’s stubborn, and kind and strong and so a day of ain"
Jubilee crosses over to where he’s seated on the crate, dropping to a crouch in front of him like a supplicant "Tell me I haven’t lost you to them, Tarver"
The first ti everyone I care for and realizing I was falling in love with the girl who killed ue with ease I clenchup at hier
Merendsen lets out a soft, slow breath "Lee, I left what precious little tiet myself dropped on this ball of mud--no offense, Cormac--and here I am Remember rief in her voice instead "I’ve missed you"
"I get that a lot," he replies easily "Now,to do a little digging Where’s the most private comscreen we can access?"
"My quarters" She pushes to her feet and see behind them "I’ll show you"
Her former captain si behind the two of theunfire as alk--the sound of irl and the green-eyed boy are racing each other, sprinting through the alleys and byways of Novereen-eyed boy will think he’s catching up, and then she darts up a side street He slips while trying to follow her and goes crashing to the ground
The girl hears him cry out and runs back to his side as fast as she can He’s skinned both his knees, and blood is dripping onto the cracked pavee the scrapes, but they won’t stop bleeding, no matter what she does; when she looks up, the boy’s face is draining of color
"You did this totoward her face But before he can touch her, his fingertips cruirl "I’reen-eyed boy has turned to ash, and she can’t touch him for fear he’ll shatter, and even the shape of who he ill be lost
"Flynn--come back to me"
MERENDSEN PRODUCES A HANDHELD DEVICE fro slowly around the confines of s He never had tech like that when I knew him It’s only once we’re certain on’t be overheard that he gestures for uys watching me as I type away at the console sunk intosure there aren’t any keytrackers or recorders running and that the ets bypassed properly--but I can’t figure out why Flynn’s so intent Though I can’t see hi behindinto the back ofabout computers He’s probably never used one; there certainly aren’t any comscreens with hypernet connections handed out to the rebels in the swamps But his eyes stay onand forcing me to backspace before I can summon Merendsen with a jerk of my chin He inspects the screen, then bends down over ot the lights low in the hopes anyone passing by will think I’htens and I get tohim take the chair instead Lilac LaRoux has no reason to talk to me--best let her fiancé handle this I drift backward, clasping my hands behind me
"Let’s hope she’s awake," Merendsen er to see her, his whole body angling toward the screen I glance over at Flynn, but his eyes are fixed on the monitor, his jaw clenched and his shoulders tense