99 slipped up the back stairwell as she reloaded. She had really expected to get inside much easier than that, but jobs rarely went as she wanted. And now her new black sweater was torn something bad.
Leave it to a weapon-building numbnut to grab hold of her sweater while she had a gun. And well...they started shooting first. She was only repaying the favor.
She crept up the stairs while keeping an eye on the floor numbers. She needed to find this guys room, and fast.
He took a drink of soda while listening and then sighed. He guessed he's just start the clean up early. The computer was still turning itself inside out, so he went back to the papers
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She stepped into the hallway and walked down it slowly, her gun hidden against her ankle again. She slid the copy of the room key she had from her pocket and eased to the door. She knocked and called out lightly, "Room service." No one was supposed to be in there, but she couldn't risk too much.
Oh. Oh HELL. Alec knew that voice. He tipped his head back into the wall and waited for the world to stop spinning.
Exactly how wrong could his day go?
Somewhere deep down maybe he knew. Maybe he recognized training in another. Or the way she never talked about her work any more than he did. But still.
He took a deep steading breath and forced himself to wait. What was she doing here. He prayed that she would just turn and leave when someone told her they hadn't ordered any food.
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Leave it to a weapon-building numbnut to grab hold of her sweater while she had a gun. And well...they started shooting first. She was only repaying the favor.
She crept up the stairs while keeping an eye on the floor numbers. She needed to find this guys room, and fast.
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Exactly how wrong could his day go?
Somewhere deep down maybe he knew. Maybe he recognized training in another. Or the way she never talked about her work any more than he did. But still.
He took a deep steading breath and forced himself to wait. What was she doing here. He prayed that she would just turn and leave when someone told her they hadn't ordered any food.
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