the communicator pulsed aga
shed from his face in a fraction of a second, repla
crolled across the holographic projection. He cursed under
ut it requires my immediate tactical oversight," B
al commands into the comms. His voice was a weapon, sharp and unforgiving
tled the glass windo
n camouflage and bearing the crest of the Imper
ed out. He had a pair of stark white Arctic hare e
inted into the boutique an
pped and waiting in orbit," Cale
sive frame towering over her. The ice-blue of his eyes softened j
he said, his voice dropping to
but a small part of her was incredibly relieved. With him gone, she
he limitless black card into her p
commercial district," he ordered. "I wi
ly. He turned to Caleb. His e
ger at his lieutenant's chest. "You protect her with your lif
rs twitching. He recognized the extreme
r!" Cale
retinas. Then, he spun on his heel, marched out the door, and vaulted into the assault
aded. The boutique fell i
ra and offered a tigh
oom. She signaled to a delivery drone outside, loadin
unter and picked up a sleek
d, her retail smile back in place. "Now, I just need to bind this
nst her ribs. The moment she
in her throat. "Can we do this lat
ive, ma'am. The General ordered it done immedia
beam of blue light projected fro
ed them on her new cashmere dress. She had no choice. She slowl
the top layer of her skin, searching ford passed.
e blue light began to flicker
the machine. "Strange. It's not catc
e held her breath, praying
. This time, the machine di
Beneath it, bold black letters spelled out a fatal diagn
ed at the screen, then slowly looked up at
d detect the neural scarring. To have zero
llegal biological entity. A spy, a
ary training took over instantly. His hand dropped to his waist, h
She took a step away from the
r the marble counter and slammed h
llow security strobe. A silent alarm was immediately dispatched to the district's Capital Sec
had bee
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