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She smiled, slow and predatory. “Here’s the deal. You want Ava? Then you need to be clever. I won’t gift-wrap and deliver her to you. But… there might be opportunities."
"I'm listening," he said.
Of course he was. "I can put her in the field. On a mission. And you know missions, there's a thousand ways they could go wrong. Teams get separated. She might end up, oh I don't know, at the wrong place, the wrong time.”
His gaze sharpened. “You’re dangling.”
“Of course I am.” Valentina leaned back in her chair, enjoying the taste of the wine now. “If your people can extract her in the middle of chaos, then congratulations, she’s yours. But if you fail…” Her smile widened. “Well, you’ll lose millions in resources, dozens, if not hundreds of men, and worst of all? You’ll have a pack of assassins masquerading as heroes ripping your empire - or your face - to shreds. That’s the risk.”
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Just another day of business for Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
At Ava's expense, unfortunately.
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Profit Margin by pipermae 01 (Thunderbolts*) (Marvel)