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I blinked away the blood, pulling at the manacles that bound my hands. Boggs stood above me his slimy hair messed around his red face. It looked like he had been running.
I tugged on the manacles, feeling them bite into my wrists as they cut into my skin. I hissed with the pain.
“Don’t fight, soon enough we will be on our way out of here.”
“Why?”
Boggs laughed, a slow drawl. “I thought you were supposed to be clever?”
“Isla promised.”
At the mention of Isla, fear entered Boggs’ features, which he masked with a sullen look. “Isla knows nothing about this. She thought I was working for her.” He smiled bitterly. “And the whole time I was reporting to another agent. Someone far more powerful, someone who is paying through the nose for you. They will be more than pleased.”
I wanted to laugh. He was foolish. The Magicians would have been so proud. I had done
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