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She put the empty bottle on the table “Why can’t we just stay here until everything is over?”

Mace reached behind hirabbed another water bottle from the counter, unscrewed the cap, and put it in front of her “Because Enforce, and when they find me here, they’ll arrest me”

“Why?” Her eyes greider “They don’t knoho you are, and I won’t tell them”

“Princess, they’ll knoho I a out everything they can about the e with their press secretary”

“Former press secretary,” she ned earlier Even wrote a ht to Miriaain”

“Please tella lying, murderous cancer on humanity?”

Keiko’s lips twitched “You should have gone into public relations You have a ords And no, I told theame” She blinked those thick lashes at hi as I’er”

He shook his head “Striker told you ouldn’t use theain, and I’ll make sure he keeps his promise”

Reaching out, her hand covered his “It isn’t that, although I’roup would eventually find out about their affiliations and use it to get what they want It’s also that I know the truth about Co it And then…there’s Abigail” She sed hard “I need time to…”

“Mourn” He turned his hand in hers and threaded their fingers together

“Yeah,” she whispered

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p; Mace’s throat felt suddenly tight, and he cleared it “Can’t say I’m upset that you’re done with CommTECH, but I hate that your life has been upended”

“Well, you can start fixing that by getting us out of here I’, Freedom’s violence, and this tomb Miriam calls a panic room”

He gave her hand one last squeeze and reached for the datapad “I can do that” Holding up the device, he said, “Where’s the on switch again?”