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the rusted awning of a pawn shop, water dripping steadily onto my cheap canvas jacket. I kept my shoulders h
ending a spray of dirty water over my boots. The driver didn't get out
ckseat. In the rearview mirror, Justin Frye's nose wrinkled in profound disgust. He was an Omega, the lowest ranking wo
ry, trash," Justin muttered,
pathetic, tr
he cabin, sliding up to seal me in the back. The second it clicked s
cross the screen, exploiting a vulnerability in the Lincoln's Bluetooth network. Justin wouldn't
Justin's voice crackle
are waiting under the I-94 overpass. Let them have their fun. Break her spirit,
one. They thought I was a lamb being led to the slaughter.
neath the massive concrete pillars of the I-94 overpass. The locks clicked shut.
rth, and feral aggression seeped
leather seats and my lap in shattered glass. A fi
gh-pitched, te
went t
ow straight into his exposed throat. Cartilage crunched. He dropped with a choked gu
e cheap, decorative stick from my hair bun. It wa
with feral intent, their bodies easily twice my
ng his arm instantly. I spun, sweeping the knee of the second, feeling the joint snap under my boot. A stri
er. Six massive rogues lay groaning and twi
pour and the frantic, hyperventilating
ed smear off my titanium pin onto his flannel shirt, and slid i
face pale, his eyes wide with a primal, suffocating terror. He was star
m, my eyes dea
said, my voice devoid of a
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