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Corday showed his teeth "What do you know of the Oas?"

"Who do you think chose the location of their cozy new holowered "Goddess save us, you really did think she broke them out all by herself…"

Aggressive Alpha fe the air full of tension and mistrust

Maryanne had not come all that way to be disappointed "I want to talk to her crazy ass One last tiht, I knoho you are—where is Claire?"

Lip curled, shoulders tense, Corday hissed, "Claire is , okay? I don't knohere she is!"

For a moment Maryanne looked worried, studied him as if there was " That left the most likely outcoain"

And that was exactly why Corday felt such desolation "I don't think Shepherd has her" If Shepherd had her then the tyrant would know of his own location, the Oone, and Leslie's access to their communications would have been terminated

"You ood point," Maryanne covered her doubt with a cocky s up from the Citadel… Unless, of course, we and her little pack of Oas were offered in trade for coh to fall for that, you know"

"She wouldn't go back to hi inside Corday knew better He'd seen what the monster had done to her… what she had been forced to live through Touching where her ring circled his pinky he walked back to the door, opening it so his guest ht take a hint

Before she left, Maryanne faced Corday one last time "I know her better than anyone else in the world I also know she wanted to kill herself… That's why I a the horrible alternative Thank you for nothing, Enforcer Corday"

He slammed the door

Corday turned towards Leslie, found the outspoken woman awfully quiet

The strange wo scratched at his composure "If Claire is in Shepherd's possession, if she struck soe for our lives, then he knows about you If all this is true, then every piece of information you've uncovered is compromised… useless"

Leslie looked about ready to break so, restless under the covers on the bed beside hiet her comfortable after Shepherd had found her holed up in the bathroo upon his return Hours of soft touches, bland broth, and her agitated growls eventually turned to snores Once Claire had finally lost consciousness the thread see Shepherd able to work as he lay at her side

Reports on Enforcer Corday'sSvana was still holed up in his apart for Claire