Shackled (The Lord Series) by Carlos

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Shackled (The Lord Series)

78. Angel

By the time I make it to the Northeast train station, I am covered in sweat and so thirsty I am about po pass cut

One of the paards tries to stop me from entering, but I whisper to him one word, and he lets ine

ur pass. I podiarelly to the safety bao, The money and the phone are there,

grab them. And my smartwatch. Dllus, I really missed my smartwatch.

I also take one of the emergency backpacks that contains not only clean clothes and sports shoes but water and food as well, and empty the two bottles in less than a minute. I eye one of the graham cra ckers packs, but I doubt I can stomach anything after, Stefan

I go to the bathroom and change my clothes, not before cleaning the sweat and the dat from my baby. When I feel more or lest human again, Iral Warp

“Bumblebee?” she asks as the answers.

“Hi,” I cook.

“How are you?”

“Miserable,” I s ob. “My mates hate me and don’t want anything to do with me. And you have to explain all this hellstar business to me because, apparently, you have been hiding things from me.”

Wasp is quiet for a moment before letting mut a long sigh. “It wasn’t intentional, as I am leaming new things each day I will tell you what I to the Sanctuary. But the plan is the same get out of the city” Of course, the plan is the same. “Once you have Fire Ely out, we will me

I am starting to regret accepting this mission. “Beetle would have been a better option that for sing are

“But she doesn’t know the facility as you do,” Wasp reminds me.

when you make it

I know. We have gone over the plan a thousand times. I was the best option for this mission, and to make sure none was suspecting own. My mistake was to ask Alekos for his help. I should have walked all the way to the facility instead of stopping by his office. But this is the first time we are doing this, and we are still learning

1 fight the tears that theralen to fall down my cheeks, It will take a long time to get user Alekos, Reyes, and Stefan. If ever. “This is the last time I do something for

“Bumblebee, I am sorry for putting you in this mess. If I had known…if I have suspected about you and Alekos and his blood bothers, I would not have asked this of you and if not for running out of time…I would have asked Beetle to do the

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“I know. See you in three days,” I say as I set the timer on my smartwatch. “It should be more than enough time to get Fire Fly out and safely make it to the extraction point”

“Be careful,” Wasp says before ending the phone call.

I remove the sim card before smashing the phone with the heel of my shoe and throwing it in the hin together with Reyes’ shirt. I grab the backpack, and before leaving the bathroom, I throw the sim card in the toilet and flush the water.

The timetable is close to the cafeteria, and I go check out the train schedule. I am debating the safest and quickest way to get out of the city-train, bus, or a Golyft when someone grabs me by my right arm. A sharp pain to my side follows, and then something is shed between my ribs. Did I get injected with something? A man says into my ear. “If you don’t want me to kill you right now, come with me. If you make any sound or try to catch someone’s attention, I won’t hesitate to kill you,” as his hand squeezes my arm so hard, bruises will Form

Bile rises to my throat, but I swallow hard and nod my head. All the planning, time, and resources invested in saving Fire Fly wasted because I wasn’t sneaky enough not to get caught by Carlos when I was leaving his office, a pen drive belonging to him in my bra. He had invited me and my father to dine with him, and we were sitting at the table when I excused myself to go the bathroom. It was not there that I wanted to go, but to his office, wanting to find a way to avoid a wedding with him. He was not very happy with me when he saw me, but I blamed it on “that time of the month.”

Carlos did not believe me and kept an even closer eye on me while hinting that all his electronics were traceable once connected, making me paranoid that I could be discovered if I attempted to access what was contained on the pen drive. So I hid it the day I ran away from home. I doubt anyone will find it unless I say where it is Who will ever think of looking in the fish tank in the lobby of Alekos’s company? All I needed was a waterproof case, and buying one in the mall was easy

The man shoves the barrel of his gun harder, making me wince in pain. “Start walking. Behind the train station is a parking let; we are going there.”

78. Angel

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