Quest For The Ultimate Artifact

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follow Leonardo out of the restaurant like I wasn't leaving behi

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running blindly into people." He leaned back on the seat, tapping his forehead.

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that artifact. The one that could have saved

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se. "If that's true, why ha

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thinking abo

up and me

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ked,his eyes

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pen, dummy." I insulted.

a slow stop in f

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n't h

uldn'

behind me and exhaled shakily, my han

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were tur

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ing it wasn't happening. But

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th powers of these artifacts. He col

ce had he used

, He did

ow I was at

, infected with

s, fighting the pa

t could have saved me. They had given everything, and in

y, and Leonardo was after

first... I wouldn't survive lon

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tell him ever

to be

Leonardo appeared in my office, his pr

me," he said, shutti

air, confused. "Or may

y games with me, Vanessa. I k

inching. "And what exactl

e. "You're weak," he said bluntly. "I see it. You think you're

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used at hi

g into a smirk. "Let me guess. You

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ned. "Oh, Vanessa. Yo

w and raised up

I was nothing but a liability to you." I

, his expression remained unreadable. "If you try to protect hi

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take away my only chance at sur

cornered. But he had no ide