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<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;" data-flag="normal">Chapter 38<br>For the second time between sunset and sunrise, the electrodes worked their magic. <br>Lumani flailed and twitched, this time naked and bound, and what should have been satisfying in some small way left Munroe hollow.<br>When the current had ended, she leaned over and removed the probes. <br>When Lumani had caught his breath, she stared down at his thighs and pointed the taser at his groin. “Next one goes there,” she said.<br>“What do you want from me?” he said. When she didn’t answer, he tugged at the bonds, manic and frantic. <br>The chair rocked and the back legs tipped off the ground, and when finally he’d spent his energy, he said, “Why didn’t you kill me?”<br>“I might still,” she said. “But right now you’re worth more to me alive. I can’t decide whether the value is in trying to trade yo...