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God, I want to fucking laugh—bringing hu he tortured her with that cattle prod hasto pump a few more bullets into his lifeless body

“Co my arm around her shoulder to turn her toward the door “I need to get you to a hospital—”

“No hospital,” she says as she pulls away froo home”

“Hospital,” I reply adamantly “You need those wounds on your wrists treated, and we need to check out if that prod did any dae You probably could use some hydration, too”

“No hospital,” she replies adaes, and Gatorade at home I just want my own bed, and… I want…”

Her words trail off

“What do you want?” I ask

“You,” she replies, her eyes locking on mine “I want you besideall of this And I want a big fat burger and sos”

I stare aa capitulated nod and a short smile “Okay… I’ll take you home”

I lead Barrett up the staircase and out of the basement Our team had stormed Munford’s house not fifteenlanded about a half a mile east We watched from a copse of trees about fifty yards away, but we really couldn’t be sure about anything We sao arrounds, but beyond that, we couldn’t tell much else

With the possibility Barrett was inside and being tortured, we simply couldn’t wait Kynan made a command decision to breach someone’s private property without any factual evidence we’d find Barrett there If he’d been wrong, we’d all face criminal prosecution

As it stands, we still ency not authorized by law to do e just did, despite the fact we had FBI backup, but I’ll worry about those repercussions later

Luckily, the two outside guards were easily subdued There hadn’t been anyone in the house e entered Bebe had ed to provide the specs on the layout, so ent in, I chose to go down to the base that was the most likely place to find Barrett

And I walked into a fucking nightmare

I’ve never felt such rage before as when I saw Barrett bent over a table, her pants pushed crudely to her knees while a brute of ahad overwhelmed me for a moment

And then…