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harsh kitchen lights. He looked... shaken. His chest heaved, as if

ice was rough, like grave

feet. I tried to

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ered against my hair, his grip tigh

me in t

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s. He checked his watch, th

aid. "Sofia is terri

ispered. "

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bye,

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scar over her eyebrow and eyes like f

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in five minutes. The

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ody?"

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weak, but adrenaline surged thr

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. It clicked against the wood-th

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cohol. Then she poured a canister

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e alarm shrieked. Sprinklers hissed

t of the room, screaming, "F

to the chaos. The shouting. The running

rridors. Down the freight eleva

van was

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t my bare

tti died i

n was someone else entirely