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I jumped out before Reyes could stopbeside her, "are you okay?"

"No," she said past the plastic in her h"

I took her into hbors atching It would just look odd Apparently, no one had seenearlier, covered in someone else’s blood There were no cop cars about or cri the place for evidence, like erprints all over the place Thank heavens for small favors

"Where are Rocket and Blue?"

She answered with a soft shrug

I set her back so I could look into her eyes "Did you see thes?" I asked

She lowered her head "No I just heard theo back in there for a while, okay?"

"Okay"

"Thank you"

As I sat rocking her in my arms, I felt a sliver of cold metal encircle one of my wrists with a click

I looked up at Garrett, who had the other cuff around his wrist "What the hell?" I said, standing aardly, one hand iestured to Reyes with a nod

I gaped at nify o in there for any reason," he said instead, addressing Garrett with a hard stare, "you have my permission to restrain her by any means necessary"

"Sweet," Garrett said

Reyes cast one last glare before turning to the nu the date "How did you know?" he asked over his shoulder

I knehat he was talking about: How had I guessed the key code? If he wasn’t going to answer my questions, I wouldn’t answer his I crossed my arms over my chest, but just as quickly dropped theerously close to Will Robinson

Not waiting for an answer, Reyes propped the gate open in case they’d have to make a quick exit before he and the Dealer – I would have to get that kid’s na entrance, punched in the same code there, then entered what I now considered the o look for Blue," Strawberry said Before I could warn her not to go back into the building again, she was gone

"This is so wrong," I said to Garrett