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- Authors: Hope Anika
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THE MESSENGER IS loyal only to the Message.
Loyalty was something Ruby Jones understood. Loyalty was the
backbone of honor, and honor was the backbone of worth.
So when it all went south, there was no question.
The Message, always.
“That’s what little girls are made of,” the man repeated, words so right,
they were wrong.
All wrong.
Which was a first for her. She’d never had a recipient fail to complete the
code correctly. Ever. The man who awaited delivery of the message tucked
safely into her pack was the first.
And now she stood on one side of the door, while he stood on the other.
“That’s what little girls are made of,” he said again, but the third time was
not the charm.
Because this time she heard something she didn’t appreciate: menace.
But threats were nothing new; she’d been threatened before. Never like
this, never by a pick-up during a drop, but a threat was a threat. Old hat. So in
spite of the leap of her heart and the adrenaline that speared through her like
cheap vodka, she was calm. Steady. And ice cold.
Messengers were prepared; they had to be.
An inaccurate response terminates delivery of the Message. The
Messenger should evacuate immediately. Any attempt to detain the
Messenger and confiscate the Message will be viewed as a defensible breach
of contract.
Defensible was a broad word. Some Messengers viewed it as permission
to attack; others to defend. But Ruby had no desire to fight.
Not when she could run.
“That’s what little girls are made of!” the man snarled.
But Ruby was already gone.
Running soundlessly at full speed down the long, dark, narrow hallway of
the abandoned apartment complex, toward the window at the end. A window
without glass; a tall, wooden-framed avenue of escape. It was only a six-foot
fall. She knew, because she’d dived through it before. The ground was hard
but clear of debris, and her bike was parked just a few feet away.
Prepared. Always.
Footsteps pounded the hard oak floor behind her. Fleet, like her, but Ruby
knew the ancient building like the back of her hand. Where the floor lifted;
where it sagged. Where the piles of crumbling plaster hid holes the size of
bowling balls. The encroaching darkness steeped the narrow run in shadows,
but Ruby didn’t need any light.
She could do this blindfolded. Had.
And the window was close. So close—
A hand snagged her leather pack and jerked her to an abrupt, painful halt.
Her head snapped back; the center strap of the pack cut into her chest. Her
breath hissed out, and her blood went hot.
He pulled her backward, toward him.
And she thought: this is where it all goes to pot.
Because she didn’t want to fight—not because she couldn’t, but because
she could, too well—and he made it inevitable. As soon as he touched her,
any thought of running faded, and anticipation licked through her.
Excitement flared; hunger growled in the pit of her belly. Euphoria. Flooding
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