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Back When Villains Rise
Chapters (52)
  1. Copyright
  2. Dedication
  3. One
  4. Two
  5. Three
  6. Four
  7. Five
  8. Six
  9. Seven
  10. Eight
  11. Nine
  12. Ten
  13. Eleven
  14. Twelve
  15. Thirteen
  16. Fourteen
  17. Fifteen
  18. Sixteen
  19. Seventeen
  20. Eighteen
  21. Nineteen
  22. Twenty
  23. Twenty-One
  24. Twenty-Two
  25. Twenty-Three
  26. Twenty-Four
  27. Twenty-Five
  28. Twenty-Six
  29. Twenty-Seven
  30. Twenty-Eight
  31. Twenty-Nine
  32. Thirty
  33. Thirty-One
  34. Thirty-Two
  35. Thirty-Three
  36. Thirty-Four
  37. Thirty-Five
  38. Thirty-Six
  39. Thirty-Seven
  40. Thirty-Eight
  41. Thirty-Nine
  42. Forty
  43. Forty-One
  44. Forty-Two
  45. Forty-Three
  46. Forty-Four
  47. Forty-Five
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. Read More from the Market of Monsters Series
  50. More Books from HMH Teen
  51. About the Author
  52. Connect with HMH on Social Media

“There is.” Nita answered before Fabricio could. “But if there are security guards in the building, they’ll notice the elevator. I want to keep this under wraps if possible. We’ll kill them if we need to, but I’d rather just avoid the risk.”

Kovit grunted in acknowledgment and continued up the stairs.

She kept her blood highly oxygenated, and she thanked her past self for building muscles and getting rid of all the chemicals that inhibited muscle growth. She was the only one in the trio who wasn’t panting with exertion.

As she went, she reminded herself why she was doing this. She thought of all the valuable information she’d get from this office. All the things she could use to blackmail the black market, to bring down INHUP, to control the people who were trying to kill her and sell her body online. The key to getting rid of all her enemies lay in the building, and she was so close she could almost taste it.

It made her nervous. Every time she was this close to anything, something went wrong.

She swallowed, trying not to think of all the problems she’d still have to deal with after she got the information. She’d actually have to implement it. She’d have to twist it and craft it to get rid of the DUL, to take down the black market players.

And no matter what the information here said, it still wouldn’t help with her biggest problem, the one she still didn’t know how to face.

Her mother.

Nita shuddered softly and pushed that thought from her mind. She’d deal with her mother later. After. When she had the information and the power that came with it. Maybe it would even the playing field a bit.

But even as she thought it, she knew it was just an excuse to avoid the fact that she was no match for her mother, and she had no idea how she’d survive if her mother wanted Kovit dead and Nita back in her power.

When Fabricio finally stopped on the twelfth floor, he leaned against the wall and gasped for breath. He wiped sweat from his brow before turning to the door. Another keypad with another code. He unlocked the door and they were in the office building.

The overhead lights were off, but all the walls were windows, and the sunlight provided more than enough light to see by. The floors were polished white reflective tiles, and the offices and meeting rooms had short, fuzzy black carpets. The walls between rooms were all made of glass, as were the doors, so all the rooms looked like fishbowls. Nita shuddered at the thought of working in a place like this. Big Brother always watching.