Rory and Stella crept forward, guns at the ready. Stella had told Rory the reports as they had come in, and all of them said that Blaise had been taken back to Jane’s stronghold. Jane had probably tried to question her in regards to Rory’s plans, but it was impossible to force Blaise to do anything she didn’t want. Blaise was an amazing piece of technology, apart from being his closest friend and comrade in arms. She could turn off her pain receptors, she did not know what it was to be afraid, and she could shut herself down to prevent herself doing anything.
She could even self-destruct. Rory knew she wouldn’t do that unless there was really no hope of her being rescued, or if her data files were close to being extracted. The thought that she could die still made his stomach clench in wo
