BOOK 4 of the ORPHIC Series
DISENTHRALL
/ˌdisənˈTHrôl/
set free.
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When Lucille 'Lucy' Opal Baker starts adjusting to a world without Captain America and more government therapy sessions...
T H E F A L C O N A N D T H E W I N T E R S O L D I E R
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"I don't want to just see someone's face—I want to see his shadow too."
Berlin, Germany July, 2024
SAM GROANED AS THEY entered a broad warehouse, Alpine meowing uncomfortably between Lucy's arms. She didn't like the shady ass place they were entering, especially when it seemed to be some sort of car repair building in the middle of a pretty barren street. If anything, it could be another one of those traps Zemo loved placing. But, she did question how he'd be able to pull something like that off when he hadn't left his cell.
Yet, at least.
He'd be here in a few minutes, and James was still arguing with Sam.
Sam, who was annoyed as hell as he glanced around the dark area, flashlights their only source of light. He would most likely lose his mind the moment Zemo stepped foot in the meeting place, and Lucy wasn't really interested in seeing that.
They'd pissed Sam off enough, hadn't they?
She sighed to herself.
She really didn't like where James's mind was going, but all the excuses he'd used were all the ones she had, and sure, they might have been playing with fire, but Lucy had done that for nearly her entire life. James, on the other hand, well, he liked to live recklessly, keyword being liked. Things were different now– he was more careful and cautious.
Just, maybe not about things that involved his old conditioning and the overwhelming guilt he still carried in his chest
"What are you talking about, you wanna break Zemo out of jail?" Sam sounded outraged. "Where the hell are we, Buck? Have you lost your mind?"
"We have no leads, no moves, nothing." James replied.
He couldn't help but feel a buzz of anxiety in the back of his head.
His primary handler–Zemo–was going to be free, if only for a short time. That was. . .that was strange. The last person who held that title in James's mind had been Steve but Steve had been so indecisive, so emotional. Zemo was analytic, differential towards emotional feelings. And sure, that might've been a little scary, but James missed it.
