“Aren’t you tired of being used, John? Always someone else’s dog, never the master? Latents can be and do so much more. Don’t you think it’s time you had the same freedom as everyone else?” Her offer was a tempting one. It was a shame I didn’t believe a single word of it. If I’d learned anything in the military, it was that people in power rarely told the whole story. I had a good thing going with Kempthorne & Co. Today was my two-year anniversary. I wasn’t about to walk way from them because some top brass bird dangled a few tempting offers in front of me. Growing up in the East End had
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