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"Eliot . . . Eliot would never do such a thing!" Parker screams and for a second, the thief can swear that she sees pity in her captor's eyes.

"Love truly is blind," The woman mutters, cracking her knuckles in a sort of nervous gesture. "You really don't know what he is capable of, do you?"

"He keeps us safe," Parker informs her, a look of defiance etched into the thief's features. "That's what counts."

"But keeps you safe from whom?" The lady asks calmly. "From bad guys?" Parker nods and the woman laughs. "There is no good or bad, Parker. Only shades of gray."

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