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Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine … especially this one.
Spoilers: Yes, for the last half of Season 3 and the first half of Season 4.
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“Are you absolutely sure?”
He’s asked her the same question time and again, every time she’s come here. There was the initial interview when she was ensuring that he was the correct professional to attempt this procedure. He’d asked the question for the first time then. She’d returned to negotiate the price, again to verify that it would have the desired affect, once more to ensure that he told no one. Every time it was the same question. Five secretive visits to sample her DNA, to test her physiology, to verify the results, to plan, to prepare. Always the same frelling question.
“Are you absolutely sure?”
“Yes,” she answers one more time, applying a tight rein on her temper. Everything is at stake now and this will give her the edge she needs to achieve her goals.
She’s smart, strong and has an odd beauty that some find difficult to resist, but it’s never been quite enough. Top in her class was always just out of her reach, promotions came one cycle too late, alliances were built but never with exactly the right people, and she was never quite willing enough to remove those who stood in her way.
Almost, nearly, not quite, barely, average, passable, adequate. These are the terms that have defined her life. Until now.
He leans over her, ready to begin the procedure. “This may shorten your life span by as much as fifty percent, Officer Grayza.”
“I don’t care. Begin.” The heppel oil gland will provide her with everything she’s been taught to desire.
