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Chapter 96: The Trade

Author: LynTurkey
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Ciara's POV

The rope around my wrists was cutting into my skin, but that was the least of my problems. I was tied to a chair in what looked like an old warehouse, and the woman calling herself Elena was pacing in front of me like a caged animal.

"You're not Elena Martinez," I said, testing the bonds. "Elena Martinez died six months ago."

She stopped pacing and smiled. "Very good. I wondered when someone would figure that out."

"So who are you really?"

"Agent Rebecca Torres," she said. "I was David and Margaret Chen's handler for three years."

My blood went cold. "You worked with Lyra's parents?"

"Worked with them, watched them, tried to control them. But they got greedy. Started altering evidence, planting fake information. They thought they were above the law."

"So you killed them?"

"I didn't have to," Torres said. "They made enough enemies that someone else did it for me. But I made sure it happened."

"You're a federal agent. You're supposed to protect people."

"I protect the system
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