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“I have to get away from you,” Trinity whispered.

“What?” He was staring at her mouth, as if trying to decode a foreign tongue.

“I’m sorry,” Trinity said. Strangely enough, she meant it. She grabbed her backpack and bolted past him.

At least, that was her plan. But Cal leaned forward, his hand blurring out and closing around her upper arm. “Is this really what you want to do?” Hot breath on her ear. “I’m here to help you, honey. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way.”

“I. Have. To. Get. Away. From. You.” She enunciated clearly, so he could not possibly misunderstand. “I am dangerous, Eight.”

“Don’t call me that.” Soft and reasonable. “You really think you’re dangerous?”

You have no idea. How many are dead because of me?

Then again, a better word might be toxic. More precise.

She tested his grip, struggling.

“I have a mission.” Analyses and percentages raced through her head. None of them added up correctly. How far had mental degradation progressed?

“So do I, honey.” A little husky now. “And it involves keeping you out of their hands.”