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“Don’t leave Don’t move,” she ordered them “Stay here until you hear only silence”
Pale, shaking in shock, the two scientists did as they were told, huddling in the little room as Anya slid the secured door closed and rushed to the exits that led to the cold, desolate land above ground
“Anya, get out of here” Sofia Ivanova, one of the aded her down another hall “Go that way” She pointed to the stairs “They’re free I’ll cover you”
Cover her? Anya stared behind her as doctors raced fro on personnel? Shock rushed through her, tore through her mind She knew thoseon the personnel atte to escape?
“Run damn you!” Sofia pushed her to the exit “Get out of here before I have to shoot you”
Anya ran As she ran, fury fed the fear and the shock coursing through her adrenaline-laced iven Del-Rey for the rescue Had he not trusted her? He had attacked only hours after her return, giving her no time to ensure her father and cousins weren’t here?
No, it had to be so else, she decided in desperation as she raced up the stairs She gripped an older woman’s arm, one of the secretaries, and pushed her ahead
“Hurry, Marie,” Anya urged the other woman as she sobbed and nearly fell “We must hurry”
Other personnel were racing past theed her up the steps Marie had children, grandchildren A husband that was ill She was needed And besides, she always brought the Breeds cookies She was kind and gentle
The door was broken fro on its side as security forces aving personnel through, urging them to hurry, to rush Masks covered their faces to protect them from the cold It was bitterly cold outside, and Marie had no jacket, no coat to wear
“Run for the barracks,” she told the other woman “It will be warm there and safer We’ll hide there”
She ran into the cold, aware of the gunfire, the yelling voices, the clash of forces Then she was only aware of the hard arainst a broad chest and the knife that lay at her throat
She could feel the cold blade pressing into her throat, pinching the flesh, within a breath of actually cutting her skin
“Kobrin, I have your daughter”
Loud, echoing through the valley, she knew that voice, knew the growl that sounded in it and felt the sob that tore from her throat