Brute Force

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Her legs moved.

'Go – get everything sorted and I'll be up there to meet you.'

He tucked in the last of the bandage just above my knee. 'Are you going to kill her?'

I didn't answer.

He stood up and held out a hand. I pulled myself up.

We grabbed an arm each and started dragging her out, just the same as the Russians had dragged me. She bounced over the threshold and into the corridor, then along the red lino and over the cabin threshold.

I ripped off her duvet jacket, checked the pockets and lobbed it at Dom. 'Get this on Ruby.'