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He couldn’t quite believe those words had come out of his mouth. Had he really just suggested to Adara Grant that they put an end to the program which had consumed his life for the past three years?
Apparently, he had, because she was staring at him in shock, gray-green eyes wide with surprise. When she found her voice, her first words told him she wasn’t sure she could trust what he’d just said.
“You want to close down the project?” she demanded. “After everything you’ve done to get me here?”
“You and the others,” he corrected her. “Although you were a bit more difficult to acquire than any of the other test subjects.” Since Adara continued to stare at him, disbelief clear in her expression, he went on, “You think I don’t understand what I’m proposing? If I help you with this…if we
