Twice Upon A Star

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e your right hand man. Should take your side all the time.

rave if you don't get off my case," I glared at him. The threat bo

ll be your grave I'll be dancing on. Not

if someone was, it won't be the first time an attempt has been

o many close calls with death." He retorted. He wasn't wron

enly seeing right through him.

colder while m

u talking abo

e because your fiancée will kick your ass if you got killed. Love has made you sof

do with this," he said b

you're the one engaged to her and not me, so yo

eral openings to shoot me but he didn't. If that lady had

of the lady. I thought back to the moment our hearts seemed to

in them as well as something else. Something cold

rl and tuned back in to whatever Jordan was

ou and I are aware we are still recovering fro

all our staff to unearth any fellow conspirators. Not an easy task, as we had over two hundred people in

e we'd vetted and approved and more were being flown in as they passed the secu

following me wherever I go. I'd draw

em around all the time. Consider y

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of pure frustration. "Two,

sn't too bad. "Fine, but

his desk as I slowly came to terms with the fact that I'd just agre

you were talking a

er and turned it around so I could read. "It's a l

hen looked at the crazy ma

lers on this list? I thought the objective

tials. If they pass the tests,

dn't you just put word out tha

e're weak. We'd also be bombarded with hundred

age. Speaking of images, one of a

. I need you to run

up at me. "A

sed? "How did you

wice just in time to save your life? She either knows something or

e had often come in hand, but

thing to it and it was j

ce, twice is a pat

re somewhere, but I let it slide. "Well?

e wasn't lying about her name or being in the militar

io data and rank before leaving the military. When I got to t

run on such short notice. But a contact sai

d to me. An idea start

So why don't we invite

in Jordan's eyes

I'd say we should just hire her on the spot and not waste all these peop

ache. "The only reason I'm agreeing to this is so I ca

You don't trust anyone,"

happens if she doesn't pa

iction, then paused. "Wait.

"Just a little something I put together to fi

Filter out? You're not goi

, gave me the tiniest of smirks