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The burning in Anna’s skin had faded to a mild tingle. Her pounding headache was now just a dull throbbing behind her eyes, but she was still bone-tired. She needed a hot meal and some sleep. A bath would be nice too. Sonic-showers were great for scrubbing the dirt and grime away, but they didn’t help you relax.
Part of her wanted to crawl into bed and sleep for a week. The other part wanted to stay awake forever. She knew that the instant she sat down to rest, the instant she wasn’t distracted by the million things that required her attention, the faces of the men she had killed would be there, waiting for her
Well, they could wait a little longer. Right now, she had to focus on the seventy-eight people that she might still be able to save.
A hologram of Telixa Ethran materialized i
