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“They died with a frozen smile and a burn on the brain”

Reeanna’s brows drew together “What do you mean, a burn?”

Where the hell was her backup? How er could she stall? “You didn’t know about that? Your little experiht defect, Reeanna It burns a hole in the frontal lobe, leaves e could call a shadow Or a fingerprint Your fingerprint”

“That’s nothing” But she worried her lip as she considered it “The intensity of the subliet in, firmly, to bypass the instinctive resistance, the knee-jerk survival instinct We’ll have to work on that, see what can be adjusted” Annoyance shadowed her eyes “William will have to do better I don’t like flaws”

“Your experiment’s full of them You have to control William to continue How many times have you used the system on him, Reeanna? Would continued use expand that burn? I wonder what kind of dae it could cause”

“It can be fixed” She tapped the fingers of her free hand on her thigh, distracted “He’ll fix it I’ll do a new scan on him, study the flaw—if he has one Repair it”

“Oh, he’ll have one” Eve stepped closer, judging the distance, the risk “They all had one And if you can’t repair William’s, you’ll probably have to terer, causing uncontrolled behavior Could you?”

“No No I’ll look into this iht”

“It may already be too late”

Reeanna’s eyes snapped back “Adjustments can be made Will be made I haven’t come this far, accomplished this much, to accept any sort of failure”

“And yet to succeed fully, you’ll have to control me, and I won’t make it easy”

“I already have your brain pattern,” Reeanna re to be very easy”

“I’ll surprise you,” Eve promised “And Roarke You can’t manufacture without him, and he’ll find out Do you expect to control him as well?”

“That will be a particular pleasure I did have to adjust the time schedule I’d hoped to enjoy hiht say, down memory lane Roarke’s so creative in bed We haven’t taken tiree”

It put Eve’s teeth on edge, but she spoke coolly “Using your toy for sexual gratification, Dr Ott? How unscientific”