“We are past that, Ms. Haynes. You’re a liability now.”
A liability? “But I don’t even know what was in that book that even matters—” She swallowed hard and took another step, praying she could get to the door, but then she’d have to beat him to the stairs, because the elevator was out of the question.
A liability?“Unfortunately everything in that book matters. You must come with me,” he said, taking another step.
everythingMadelyn tensed, her hand searching for the doorknob behind her. When she found it, she wrapped her fingers around it and turned. The door opened with her body weight against it. Rather than fall into the open hallway, she bumped into something warm and hard.
“Going somewhere, malen’kiy tsvetok?” someone said from behind her.
malen’kiy tsvetok“Ahh!” She screeched bu
