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Jade felt sick; the vibrations had ended She’d only one pattern left to try However, her fingers were treet the sequence of taps correct

Curtis’s unnerving gaze shot to her pocket and he frowned He’d seen her hand ot there?” he snarled “Show me your hand”

Next to her, the bar behind Curtis She took the device out of her pocket It was vibrating She held it out on the palm of her hand

“It’s my secret,” she whispered “A little pocket toy, you know” She winked

The smile reappeared and he chuckled “It shouldn’t be in your hand I’ll make sure it’s shoved somewhere else” He reached out to snatch her wrist So fast, faster than her eye could track, he had his fingers locked around her arers around the device and held onto it If she dropped it…

The vibrations intensified The signal had th—the scanner had worked She pressed the button just as a hand clamped down on Curtis’s shoulder

“Get your fucking hands off irl,” Mason snarled

“I saw you co, idiot,” Curtis said “I can see you” Eyes in the back of his head! “She’s irl now”

Jade kept pressing the button Why hadn’t it worked?

Mason wouldn’t stand a chance The cyborg would crush hio of her wrist and turned Halfway around, he halted

“What the fuck?” He stared at his outstretched ar move,” he shouted at his frozen lis He’d turned into a statue; only the muscles in his belly and neck could move He tried to pivot, but instead he lost his balance and fell sideways, his arm out in front of him

If she wasn’t so scared, Jadeon the floor, his liun until his eyes closed and he went quiet

Satisfied Curtis was contained, Mason held Jade in his arms “I couldn’t stand back and let him touch you Are you okay, did he hurt you?” Mason examined her wrist There was a red rip

“I’m fine A little shaken up” She held out the device and beamed “It worked, it actually worked”

He slipped it into his pocket “A dangerous weapon” He winked, a half-hearted atte back his e heavily