d back, dodging his fi
tween them. Her heart is a frantic bird trapped in h
snaps, her European accent thick with icy auth
second. He stares at her, slightly tak
ld have flinched and apologized. This woman is pure, arrogant steel
d and sneers. "J
liner and sits down, leaning his
t a set of neuro-sensor patches. The smell of his cedar cologne hits her
e reaches out to place the
cidentally brushes th
iolent jolt of electricity shoots th
s out. His fingers wrap around her wrist like
de with a sudden, raw confusion. A flash of something wild and
her arm away, but he ho
ak, but a piercing, high-pitc
aterina's lab coat. The emergen
olently twist her wrist out of his grip. She takes
st," she lies smoothly, her voice urgent. She throws the s
blocking her path to the door. "You
p into the doorway
yed me, the International Medical Consortium will ensure you neve
his men to grab her when his private ce
e answers it, his eyes never l
ysterical, bleeding through the phone speaker.
's face. The mystery of the
. He shoves past Katerina, sprinting out t
h, sweat beading on her forehe
ips off the white lab coat, shoving it into a trash can. She pulls off the
ht for the underground VIP parking garage. She nee
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