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ABIGEALBLAINE WAS shaking me awake. “Abigeal? Abigeal.” He called softly while I blinked and opened my eyes fully. “Hey.” He said with a smile. I realized two things at that time. The first was that somehow while asleep I'd managed to rest my head on his shoulder.The second was that the…activities that had been taking place had all been a dream.The car had stopped moving. I sat up like a string and shifted away from him. “Sorry about that.” I mumbled.“Nothing to worry about. You must be so tired, with the flight and all.” He said. “Are you ready to get out now?”“Yeah, sure.” I said and Blaine opened the door and stepped back to let me out. I automatically reached out and took his outstretched out. I got out of the car and stood there a moment with him still holding hands.Blaine lifted my hands up to his lips and began to nibble lightly.I jerked my hand out on this and he looked startled. “You okay? Did I do something wrong?” He asked.Except making me think about you so much t
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ABIGEALI GOT back to the house barely an hour after I left it, so I didn't expect anybody to be out and about just yet. I walked up to the front door and reached out to touch the handle.“You know, if you're going to be sneaking out before 7am you could at least be quieter about it.” Blaine's voice said from behind me, startling me a little.I turned. “I wasn't sneaking out.”“Oh? Then I'm sure at least one or two other people know you've left the house. Why don't we go in and find out?” He gestured to the building.I sighed. “Fine. I wanted to take care of something before I had to resume work.”“Anything I can help with?” He asked, coming closer to me. I forced myself to stay where I was.“It's fine. I handled it.”“Why do I feel like it has something to do with Annalise being in the military?” He asked after a brief pause. My eyes darted to him. “Excuse me?”“I saw the look on your face when we opened up her I*******m profile. You didn't know.” He responded.There was no use tr
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BLAINEI KEPT one eye on Abigeal's rigid figure as I spoke. “What's the update?” I asked. The team of tech guys we'd assembled within the hour were working furiously to trace the call from Abigeal's phone. “We're trying our best, sir, but it's not as easy as it would have been if it were a live signal. You'll have to be more patient.”“Patient? She's running out of time. She could be dead by now for all we know.” Abigeal said from where she stood. Apart from the small frown on her face, there was no indication she'd just heard her roommate get shot at.I didn't know who was colder, her or Jordan.“Hurry up.” I snapped.“Sir, like we said already, the signal is dead so it's a lot harder to trace”“I don't care if it's six feet under. Get it done.” I replied. “Yelling at them isn't going to get it done any faster, you know.” Jordan drawled. I shot him a look and he held up his hands. “All I'm saying is, you don't even know this person. Look at the person who knows her, see how calm
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ABIGEALI HEARD the crunch of leaves behind me seconds before I heard the scream. I ducked to avoid the dagger thrown at my head and whipped around with one leg out. My attacker was quick enough to leap over my leg and step back. I regained my feet, thinking quickly. I was almost sure it was Anna I'd heard screaming, and that meant she was still alive but in immediate danger. If I didn't get to her soon I might not be able to help her.I drew two of my daggers and tilted my head at the masked person heading straight for me. “Let's make this quick, shall we?” I said before slashing out. They dodged my attacks skillfully and even managed to get in a hit of their own. I stumbled back with narrowed eyes. “Wait a damn minute,” I said.This person's style of fighting seemed familiar but foreign also, like they had worked on and improved it.“I know you," I continued. To confirm, I started to circle and they followed. I watched their feet as she started to walk, then straightened with an a
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ABIGEALJORDAN WAS waiting for us in Blaine's office when we got back. He was seated on the black leather sofa by the full length windows, a glass of dark-colored liquid in one hand and a tablet on his lap. He looked up as we entered, studying both our faces.“Are you supposed to be drinking at work?” Blaine asked then seemed to reconsider. “You know what? Forget I said that.” He walked over to get a glass and pour himself whatever Jordan was having.“Do I take this to mean it didn't go well?” Jordan said smoothly, his face showing nothing of what he was thinking. Blaine downed the drink and poured another, which I took to mean I was going to be handling this part myself.“We got to find out that it was just a trap, set to lure me there so these assassins could kill me. One of them was Christa Santi.” I summarized. His eyes flickered in recognition. “You're here, which means she didn't succeed once again.” He replied. I shrugged. “I'm hard to kill.”“No sign of your roommate?”“Non
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ABIGEALI ROLLED over and contemplated a scream as the buzzing of my phone overtook the silence. I considered throwing it across the room so I could return to peace and quiet, but figured answering or rejecting the call was a more cost effective way to deal with the situation. I kept my eyes closed as I reached for it so I could slip back into sleep easier and tapped on the screen. “Hello?”“Why are you not with the target currently?” Morgan's voice demanded. I held back a groan. I'd popped a couple of sleeping pills before I went to bed and they hadn't worn off yet, so I wasn't in the right frame of mind to deal with this. “Morgan, it's barely 6 in the morning.” I said.“Yes, and I want to know why your shiny new car is parked outside your decrepit apartment building instead of undergoing an existential crisis next to the target's shinier cars.” He snapped.My drugged self smiled. “That was a nice analogy.”“Miss Starr.”“I basically got fired, and so what? I can still take him ou
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ABIGEALIF MICHAEL was confused about how a dinner date for two had turned into one for three, he didn't show it. I introduced Annalise to him when we got outside the apartment and he shook her hand with a smile. “It's lovely to meet you, Miss Millstone.”“Oh please. I'm intruding on your date night, I think you can call me Anna.” She replied with a small laugh. I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye. “Yes, I'm really sorry about this, Michael. It's just that Anna has been going through a tough time and I can't bear to leave her alone tonight. What she needs is a night out.” I said. It wasn't totally a lie. I couldn't leave Anna at the flat alone, but it was mostly because I couldn't trust her not to try anything stupid.Michael nodded thoughtfully, his soft hazel eyes resting on Anna's face. She'd done a good job of covering up the bags under her eyes with makeup and wearing tinted contacts the color of the sky to hide the redness of her eyes, but anyone with the slightest p
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ABIGEALMY NAME was called and I turned, hoping nothing of what I was feeling showed on my face. “Pasta. I'll have the pasta.” I said without looking at the menu, even though my appetite was gone. The server smiled patiently. “You need to pick a kind of pasta, ma'am, unless you want them all.”I glanced at the menu again but my eyes saw nothing. I vaguely remembered Anna saying something about “Fettucine chicken alfredo.” I said it and the server noted it down and went away.I found both Michael and Anna giving me concerned looks. “That's the second time you've spaced out. Are you okay? Do we need to leave and reschedule?” He asked, worried eyes moving over my face.“I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude. I feel fine, maybe a little distracted.” I tried to smile, then decided against it.“Are you sure?” Anna asked. I looked over at her. “Yeah, I am. Let's enjoy the rest of our evening, shall we?”Anna smiled at me and picked up where she left off on a topic. Apparently Michael had ask
