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“Are you black onna find out who I am?”
“No” She held his cold, hard gaze “I’et access to the information in my head”
He arched a brow “What makes you so sure you’ll be dead in four days?”
“I took Interferan-X”
“You poisoned yourself?” Did he look impressed? It was hard to tell
“It was the logical thing to do There are people after me Interferan-X blocks all access to ht now, the information I hold is locked inside my head”
“You plan on taking the antidote?”
“Not here The clinics with the antidote are too closely et into one, the Enforceency would detain o to a clinic outside the Territories” She stared at him “That’s why I need you to take me to La Paz”
He didn’t un at her heart
“So you die if you don’t get to the middle of South America within the next four days” It wasn’t a question, therefore didn’t require an answer The noise of the bar was a quiet hum behind her as people waited to see if Striker would take his shot “You want to tell et you over the Northern Territory wall, through forty miles of poisonous Red Zone, and past an EMP barrier that will fry every circuit in your pretty body?” He shrugged again “It can’t be done You’re a dead woet you, an escape from the Northern Territory sure as hell will”
“I heard that you have a way over the wall and through the Red Zone That you’ve done this before, et people past the barrier without it blowing their i them”
“You sure have heard a lot about me, chère How is that exactly?”
She didn’t blink, and she didn’t answer Her secrets were staying inside her head, whether he liked it or not What was he going to do about her defiance? As he kindly pointed out, she was a dead wo no matter what she did
He considered her for a e to squirm “What’s your job at CommTECH?”
This she could answer “Research Biotech”
His jaitched, and his eye narrowed “Science? Huh Genetics?”
She nodded Bioengineering was one of thespecial Although Striker seeht she had his full attention before, she’d beenstripped naked by his gaze Her cheeks heated
“What inforot stored in your pretty head that would make this worth my while?”
She worked to hide the quiver when she exhaled “Honestly? I don’t know I can tell you what I’ve been working on, but other than that, the information I have stored needs to be assessed to see if there’s anything of value All I know for sure is that, as a Passive Recorder, everything I do, say, and see while inside CommTECH is stored insomeone didn’t want recorded Whatever it is, it ”
“That’s a lot of unknowns you got in there A man can’t sell an unknown Whatyou shouldn’t have? So worth my while?”
She resisted the urge to brush iulation black jumpsuit “Someone wants access to whatever I saw, heard, or know They want it badly enough to send Enforceh she tried hard, she couldn’t look hier Couldn’t take the chance that her fears had slipped past her controlled facade
His muscles went taut “You were followed?”
“I lost them”
His expression made it clear he didn’t think much of her covert skills “Are you sure?”