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inside.

The room’s furnishings consisted only of a Spartan bed, a nightstand with mirror, and a small lightly-padded chair. As soon as they were inside the innocuous room
the other rounded on Nate, sealing the door behind them.

“If you ever do something like that again I’ll have you Voided. Didn’t I tell you I don’t want to be a Rider? Didn’t you learn anything by getting killed? You have to be more careful!”

Nate was sure he’d feel suitably chastened—if he had the slightest clue what the other was talking about. “What…?”

“You deflected my aim! You spoiled the shot on the robot!”

“It looked like you were about to shoot a defenseless woman,” Nate protested.

“That ‘defenseless’ woman could have killed us with one hand!”

“How was I supposed to know it was a robot?”

“Didn’t you feel the…”

“Gleep.”

Nate looked toward the sound, glad for an interruption. He could feel his jaw drop but wasn’t sure whether it was him or the other doing it. He’d never been


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