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ehouse ceiling, landing right on the raw,
at the coarse rope binding her to the iron chair. The only r kicked in from the outside. A gust of cold wind sweptrained to see past the single swayi
orway like a sack of garbage. They heaved it into the center o
icks. Even in the dim light, she recognized the fabric of the cu
ose empire she had spent seven years meticulously teari
ound, muscles straining as he trie
heart. This wasn't part of the pl
stepped out of the rainy night, a black umbrella held perfectly over her head. She glide
ie screamed, her voice raw. "
ity, as if she were looking at a particula
ut and gripped Chloie's chin. She forced her head to the
e a soft poison in Chloie's ear. "He knew you we
The air left her lungs. Her mind went com
mmercial secrets and isolated the main systems. He let you play your little game, thinking you were
shook her head, a frantic, desperate de
ally so cold and unreadable, fixed on her. They held something
e. His voice came out a shredded rasp,
be af
am tore from her throat, a sound of pure animal agony. She thras
ies. The man lifted a heavy iron pipe and broug
space. Adrien's body convulsed, but he clamped his jaw
as the pipe rose and fell, again and again.
n as the light in his eyes began to f
d to the concrete, landing in the growi
ams died in her throat. Nothing was
out of her path and walked back to C
. She slapped it against Chloie's pale cheek, the paper
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