Whispers From A Paper Heart Amara Blue Knight 2

Before I could finish speaking, 

are you kicking me out ofa’s 

wailing 

intensified. “Kathy, 

She whipped around to face 

aymond, tears streaming down her face. “Ray, what am I supposed to do? If I go out there, those people will kill 

me.” 

Raymond’s you“darkened. He looked at me with cold accusation. 

“Katherine, are you seriously using your rank and power to push 

around a helpless girl? Have you no shame?” 

Before I could answer, the others chimed in, their voices sharp and condemning. “Katherine you 

it’s obviously her. 

now the rules If a 

This book had been added on your bookshelf. 

you has to leave, r death.” 

“What a cold-blooded killer. She’d even turn on her own.” 

Elizabeth looked pained. She stepped forward and grabbed my arm. “Kathy, let it go. You were a rookie once, too. Show some mercy.” 

I looked at Elizabeth, and my chest went cold. 

Years ago, she had tripped an alarm during a mission. I had already evacuated, but I went back alone, dragging her out from under a pile of 

corpses. 

Covered in blood, she had gripped my hand and sworn she 

her life. 

TTIC 

Now, she stood against me, pleading for the girl who was stealing my fiancé. 

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“Liz, leaving is my choice. Besides, I never said I was kicking her out.” 

Raymond cut me off sharply. “Haven’t you made enough of a scene? You’re just jealous.” 

He glared at me while comforting Marina. “This is entirely my fault. If you have a problem, take it out on me. Mari is young; she doesn’t know any better. Why are you so fixated on her?” 

The intense emotions, compounded by the instability from my memory wipe, sent a sharp pain shooting through my temples. 

I didn’t have the energy to argue anymore. Pressing a hand to my throbbing forehead, I turned to leave. 

“Kathy! Don’t go, please. 

Marina suddenly lunged at me, throwing herself at my legs. Her sharp fingernails dug deep into the skin of my ankle. 

Reflexively, my muscles tensed, and I jerked my leg free. 

I didn’t use much force, but to the onlookers, it looked like I had kicked 

her. 

Marina let out a shrill scream and fell backward, her left hand twisted at a wrong angle. 

Raymond shoved me aside. “Katherine, I am so disappointed in you!” 

Marina cradled her wrist. “My fingers… I can’t move them.” 

Raymond held her, looking at me with a level of disgust I had seen before. “She works in logistics and intel–she needs he do her job. Were you trying to take that from her?” 

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He scooped up Marina, who was nearly fainting from her sobs. As he passed me, he dropped a cold, harsh warning. “Katherine, if you don’t want to do this work anymore, leave. Out there, without us, you’re just another nobody.” 

The room fell silent as everyone filed out. 

Even the newest junior recruit sneered as he brushed past me. “Katherine, face it–you’re not in your prime anymore. Throwing a tantrum over a man? Grow up and take a good look at yourself!” 

My nails dug into my palms, but I swallowed my rage. 

When Raymond called, I was sitting in the study of our leader, Travis McCord, filing my resignation. 

Travis sounded completely calm. “Kathy, you paid off your debt to the Organization years ago. Your contributions since then have exceeded that tenfold.” 

He looked up, his gaze sharp. “I just don’t understand. Your wedding to Ray is coming up. Why quit now?” 

I gave a bitter smile. “Whatever we were–it’s gone. We’re finished…” 

Before I could finish, I noticed the communicator in my hand was active. I had accidentally answered the call ten seconds ago. 

Raymond’s voice drifted from the speaker. “Katherine, what did you just say?” 

I raised the device to my ear, keeping my voice steady. “I’m‘ You heard wrong.” 

Silence stretched on the other end before his tone softened. “You left 

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Mated to my brot… “I reject you, Alpha Roman Hartwell, as my mate and Alph… your dagger nere. Do you want to come get it: 

It was a folding dagger we’d taken from a target’s vault after our first joint mission, ten years ago. 

Later, he had carved our initials into the handle. 

He once told me, “If I ever stray, put it right through my heart.” 

I’d kept it close for a decade, guarded it like it was precious. 

But this time, it left me completely numb. “Just keep it there,” I replied indifferently. “We’ll talk about it later.” 

I lowered the communicator. Travis slid an encrypted chip across the desk toward me. 

“This is what you’re owed. It’s enough to start over anywhere. As for your other choices, the Organization won’t interfere.” 

Back home, a splitting headache drove me to bed early. 

In the middle of the night, the faint sound of footsteps jarred me awake. 

I bolted upright to find Raymond standing there. 

“I brought your dagger.” He placed it on the nightstand. 

I glanced at it. “Thanks. You didn’t have to come all this 

He shook his head. “It’s been with you for ten years TH- we’ve been through. 

way.” 

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your dagger here. Do you want to come get it?” 

It was a folding dagger we’d taken from a target’s vault after our first joint mission, ten years ago. 

Later, he had carved our initials into the handle. 

He once told me, “If I ever stray, put it right through my heart.” 

I’d kept it close for a decade, guarded it like it was precious. 

But this time, it left me completely numb. “Just keep it there,” I replied indifferently. “We’ll talk about it later.” 

I lowered the communicator. Travis slid an encrypted chip across the desk toward me. 

“This is what you’re owed. It’s enough to start over anywhere. As for your other choices, the Organization won’t interfere.” 

Back home, a splitting headache drove me to bed early. 

In the middle of the night, the faint sound of footsteps jarred me awake. 

I bolted upright to find Raymond standing there. 

“I brought your dagger.” He placed it on the nightstand. 

I glanced at it. “Thanks. You didn’t have to come all this way.” 

He shook his head. “It’s been with you for ten years. It’s seen everything we’ve been through. 

“Katherine, we’ve been together a decade. We’ve survived so many life- or–death situations. Why let a small misunderstanding ruin 

everything?” 

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Fragments of memory surged uncontrollably through my mind. 

I remembered him shielding me during a mission, taking a bullet to the shoulder that nearly cost him his arm. 

I remembered him carrying me through the rainforest for nearly a hundred kilometers after an explosion left me unable to walk. 

I remembered taking the fall for him the first time, enduring torture, and him swearing with red–rimmed eyes that he would never let me down. 

Those were good times. 

But his voice dragged me back to the present. “Mari’s finger is just fractured, but she needs rest. 

“You’ll cover her logistics for the next few days. With the wedding coming up and everyone’s eyes on us, we need to make it look normal.” 

I spoke calmly, “Raymond, I don’t want to marry you. Not anymore. So why should I put on an act for everyone else?” 

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