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“Why don’t you visit, Ms. Nakano? She has something for you.” Selene barely suppressed a gasp. “Have a safe journey,” he added in Mandarin before hanging up on her.
“Selene? You should come to my desk.” She heard Yumi first, then her ears buzzed with words.
“It’s over, Selene. We’re pulling you out.”
“Wait!” Yumi interjected. “She needs to see me first.”
“Negative. We are getting her out of there.”
“We have what we need.” Was that Romeo? Too many people spoke in her ear.
“Ocean-eyes, talk to me.” Bo’s plea broke through the fog.
“I’m going to Yumi.” Selene rose on shaky legs and tried to take a deep breath. She’d done what they needed to. It was over . . . for now. Until she had to be bait—in person.
Do not panic!She scolded herself as her breathing hiccupped.
They were all still talking in her ear, but she couldn’t make anything out. Instead, she focused on putting one foot in front of the other on her way to Yumi’s desk.
The hallway seemed twice as long today. When she finally turned into the right room, someone gripped her arm from behind.
She flinched, then froze. Terror shot through her system like a stun gun, seizing her body until she couldn’t move.
Please, no.
Chapter 17
Selene
The scream she’d been about to let loose lodged in Selene’s throat when her eyes traveled up the arm of the person who’d grabbed her.
Bo.
Relief turned her legs to gelatin, and she wobbled, leaning into his chest. He wore a janitor’s uniform, making her wonder where he’d gotten it.
“What are you doing?” she asked, shaken.
How did he even get in?
For a moment, his eyes were so warm with relief that her breath caught. Then she blinked, and he pulled her away from Yumi’s office. “Time to go.”
“But what about Yumi?” She glanced over her shoulder and froze. Bo dragged her a couple feet before she yelped, “Felix is here!”
“Shit. That meathead left a package for Selene on my desk. Does someone have her?” Yumi’s question pierced Selene’s ear, but she was too busy trying to breathe to answer her.
“She’s with me.” Bo sounded as calm as she was frantic.
She glanced over her shoulder again. “He’s following us!” she hissed to Bo under her breath, even though Felix was too far away to hear.
“Going to need a little help here, guys.” Bo kept steering her, but she wasn’t paying attention to where they headed. He pushed open a door she’d never been through and started up a set of stairs.
Wait, why are we heading up?
Before she could ask, the door they’d entered through slammed open, and the dark-suited behemoth barged into the stairwell.
“Selene, run!”
She took off up the steps and prayed Bo was right behind her. Judging by the sound of stomping feet, he was, but so was Felix. She gripped the metal railing and used it to help pull herself up.
