Aba was nervous. She knew that something was happening, but she didn’t know what. She had been awakened earlier than usual and allowed to walk around the compound of her prison. Her handler, whom she had come to surprisingly like, had been more quiet than usual, and Aba could tell that she was not happy. It took the second cleansing bath for her to figure out what was happening. Her time had run out, and she was going to be …
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