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CHAPTER 45 - Freedom's Price

Author: Lila Williams
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We docked at a private marina in the Bahamas thirty hours later.

I had drifted in and out of consciousness. Fever. Infection. My mangled finger turning black. A medic on the boat kept saying "amputation" but Damien kept saying "wait."

"Hospital." His voice was firm. "Real doctors. Real treatment. Now."

They carried me to a waiting vehicle. Arnold drove. Sarah rode shotgun. Both alive. Both real.

"Hope?" I managed.

"With Cassidy. Safe house in Montana. Waiting for her parents." Sarah turned in h
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