Heroseabruptly,inhalingsharplyasifdistancecouldsteadyhim.Butthatfaint,sweetnessintheairgtothebackofhisthroat,acoilingserpentthatwouldgo.

        Heknewheshouldn''''ttouchherrightnow.Thepolicewerestillcallinghimfromtimetotime,andwithhiscautiousnature,hewasworriedthatmissingacalloragsuspiciouslymightbringtroublehisway.

        Ahewomanbeforehim,flushedandtrembling,seemedlessprisohaationinate.Shewassugartossedintofire,fragileenoughtodissolveattheslightesttouch.

        Insidehishazmatsuit,hisundershirtwasalreadypsteredtohisbackwithsweat.

        Reya''''seyescurvedslightlyasshespoke,hervoicefragilebutcedwithateasingedge.

        "Manager...areyouthatafraidofme?"

        Hehadjustturoleave,butatherwords,hisstepsfaltered.Helookedbackather,sayingnothing.

        "You''''vegotmetieduplikethis...andyou''''restillhidinginahazmatsuitandmask..."Reyagaveabreathyugh,hertonedippinglower."Areyouheretohavefun,ortohostapandemicbriefing?"

        Themaaredather,suspietcheddeepinhiseyes,buthisAdam''''sapplebobbedvisibly.

        "I''''tevenmove."shewenton,leaningnguidlyagainstthewall,herdisheveledclothesrisingandfallingwitheachshallowbreath."Whatexactlyareyousoafraidof?"

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