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"Any moment now," Raider whispered, his body rigid like a taut spring ready to snap, his tightly clenched jaws grinding with near audibility while his predatory gaze remained fixed on the trail ahead from their concealed spot within the thick, shadowy vegetation. The building tension he felt was...

She was in a box. Not a metaphorical box that might have signified particular walls or barriers put in place that might have reflected poorly on her as a person, but an actual fucking metal box, locked with a padlock and located in one of the Academy's storage rooms alongside training dummies...