A hard, stinging slap to the face woke Eden. She shot up to a sitting position - in the back seat of a car. No, an SUV. This wasn't Zero's -
Ah. She pressed a hand to the aching bruise that stretched from her shoulder and diagonally down over her chest. Belt burn. So she had been right.
"Is your brain intact?"
She looked up and found Leo waiting in front of her next to the open door. "Somewhat," she said. "You must have hit me hard."
"Must have. You've been unconscious for at least a half hour."
"Nah. Zero knocked me out. I didn't know if he'd go that far, but I guess he thought I'd be less trouble that way."
The man chuckled. "We've been here for about ten minutes now. Since I've got nothing to lose and you - well, you probably want this over with, I took the liberty of dragging the
