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For a moment, he hesitated, glancing back at her.
His expression was inscrutable, and before she could decipher it, he turned and disappeared into the darkness.
Nora watched him go, her wolf pacing restlessly in her mind.
Something about the man lingered his scent, his presence.
It wasn’t fear she felt, but a deep unease.
Minutes later, from her vantage point, she saw him board a freighter docked at the harbor.
The faint glow of its lights reflected off the water as it prepared to depart.
Inside the ship, the man stumbled into a dimly lit cabin.
Blood still seeped from his wounds, staining the makeshaft bandages he’d hastily applied.
He collapsed into a chair, gritting his teeth as he unwrapped the blood soaked fabric.
The mindlink crackled to life in his head.
“Cole, where are you? What happened?” Charles's voice was urgent, the tension palpable even through the
connection
The man grimaced, leaning back. | made it to the freighter,” he replied, his voice strained. “The pickup point got
compromised. Had to improvise.”
Charles cursed softly on the other end. “You're lucky to be alive. The team lost contact with the first driver
they've gone dark, | thought we lost you
The man leaned back in the small cabin, wincing as he adjusted the makeshift bandage around his ribs.
“It’s fine,” he said, his voice flat and calm despite the pain. “I've reached the agreed location and escaped safely.
No complications.”
Charles was silent for a moment before replying, his tone heavy with relief. “Good. Rest while you can. We'll
contact you when the next phase begins.”
the small communicator in his hand, then out to sea through the cabin window.
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The connection ended with a faint click. The man stared at th
The freighter hummed as it cut through the dark waves, but his mind was elsewhere. His thoughts lingered
briefly on the woman who had driven Jim.
She was calm, collected too calm for someone who had been threatened with a gun.
It made him feel. She seemed a little different.
Nora gripped the steering wheel tightly as she drove home, her thoughts swirling with unease.
The man’s bloodied appearance, the cold edge in his voice, and the metallic tang of danger in the air all of it left
an imprint.
“What if he hadn't letgo?” she murmured, a faint shiver running down her spine.
She wondered how Alex and Arnold, would react if something terrible had happened to her today.
Would they even know how much she valued them if she were
re gone?
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