se's
dward felt less like a honeymoon and more like takin
lept in the room next to mine, separated by
head buried in intel files on extortion
my eyes and surrounded me with a secur
s just the calm
ce. He had been stripped of his r
n was the
e of the Woodward estate. The thorns were
ose shears w
s standing in the doorwa
e. This estate was b
I asked, tightening
ctically translucent. She wore a white sund
she said softly, taking a step closer. "I
s," I snapped back. "Leave
opping in an instant. "Alphonse. You know I was worki
a psychiatrist,
n, she
it me, but to grab the shears. We wrestled for a brief moment. For a g
yelled, shov
d fell backward
she sc
g shriek, as if she w
d, you hit me! You
solute absurdity of the situation,
n was
y deranged. He didn't even look at me; his eye
g a trembling finger at me. "She knows about m
tep back. "Holden, look
He turned to me with a lo
nster!"
voice steady despite the trembling in my hands. "You
me. "He stole my life, he stole my position. And no
ldiers. Traitors who had chosen loyalty to t
," Holden
he shears.
ing the makeshift weapon in my hand
my mouth. I dropped to my knees, thbing a fistful of my hair and yanking my head back. "You w
ed, I screamed, but the sedative needle one
anding up, brushing herself off, a
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