MALCOLM
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I wake to throbbing at the back of my head. Pain lances through my skull and I groan loudly, trying to think. After the stint with Elenora, I was heading back to my office and then--
"Thought you were going to sleep forever," a female voice says.
Female?
I try to move. I'm bound!
I struggle against the chains around my wrists. No! Gwen, I need to find her before it's too late.
"Rise and shine. Sorry, bad joke. Seeing as you can't stand. But you will shine when Gwen lights you up."
My eyes snap open. Gwen?
"Do you know her?" I stumble out to the brown-haired woman. "Please, is she who I think you're talking about? R-red hair, green eyes, about five feet four inches. Please," I breathe past a tightening chest. "I will do anything. Is it money you want?"
The strange woma
