eral wa
allow, rapid rise and fall of his chest. The bullet had missed the major organ
utes. The helicopter was
him. The smell of co
his hand clutching the wo
t wasn't rude; it was tac
ed mess. The pressure bandage he had a
d to caut
ts. A silver cigarette ca
ing to hurt
She flicked the lighter open.
eved from the dead mercenary. She wiped the bl
widened. "No...
piece of leather-his own
esitation was infectio
hot blade agains
mell of burning flesh filled the
dy arched off the ground, his back bowing
r other hand was steady, surgical. She wasn't Arleen Brewer, the high school dropout. She
y, sealing the wo
commanded, slappin
terror and awe. He had seen combat medics work, but he had never seen a te
et..." he
bone. I can't take it out here
er hands on
to whip the treetops, sending a shower of pine needles down o
dead bodies and a high-profile target. The questions would b
bloody hand gripping her wrist. His grip was
otlight swept over them, illumina
, she became a person of interest, but also a savior. Clemons. That was the
barely audible over the roar o
ed her w
pper to mask her retreat. She scrambled up the ridge, diving i
ed from t
he moved like a force of nature. Tall, broad-should
Cle
eeds. The heir to the Clemons empi
ipped in one fluid motion.
is voice was a r
wn behind him, car
She saw the medic pause, look closer, and then
ted over the noise. "Field cauterizatio
ing a full three hundred and sixty d
he rhododendrons whe
eart rate slowed to a craw
He crouched down. He touched the
ed up s
that had fallen when she was thro
is face unreadable
pocketing the clip. "And sweep the
back into the deeper woods, mov
tes later. She climbed back through
d. Her hands wer
ication: Mis
es Level 1 Unlocked.
sensation as muscle fibers knit together and nerves sha
thin, still calloused from scrubbing fl
yes. Tomorrow wa
changing, but the wa
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