d the chaos unfold on the tablet in his lap. The screen showed a live feed
hrough Casimiro's earpiece.
ped bre
oor, weeping and clutching her knee. Her two hired go
center of the storm
y in the front. The one with the me
p, straight at C
een punched in the gut. The
se
t him from the mirror every morning. The shape of the brow, the stubborn s
warp, slowing d
"Casimiro! Help me! These monsters atta
nuckles white as he gripped the tablet. He watched as Casimiro, following silent orders, step
He held his ground, c
ered over the child, but the boy didn'
s voice a neutral vessel for the qu
bear, Blace said. His voice
little girl. She was clutching a dirty bear,
Archibald's chest. A
wrong
stroom door
ay fro
r hair wild, water dripping from her chin. She saw the
e of the Rolls Royce Phantom waiting at the curb. The windows were tinted black, but she knew whose car that was.
d absolute, flo
o and the kids, spreading her arms wide. "Tell yo
f she had screamed directly at him.
howed a soft, pampered socialite. This woman was thin, her clothes were wo
id she look at his car with such fear? And why did her terrified face stir a me
ng shallow and fast. She was looking at Casimiro, b
trying to de-escalate. "Mr.
idn't hear it, but the microphone on his lapel picked i
ter with such visceral fear? He was the one
ainst the wall. "She's insan
is hand outstretched. "Ma'am, p
He saw the fear in her eyes. H
, crude remote control he had assembled from a garage door opener.
slapped onto the front tire's valve stem during the fire panic-a device conta
Just a sudden, vi
y in under a second, the heavy car slamming down onto its rims with a metallic cru
amed at the sudden, violent noise and
ard in his seat by the su
, everyone w
hesitate. She
eamed to the
he ensuing panic. He stared at the black screen. The car alarm was a shr
. Headed for the parking garage. The woman... she looks terrified of you. Truly terr
er. He could still see the boy's eyes. His eyes. And
sweep her up, force a signature, and banish her. Instead, his car was disabled, his name
your ord
ined growl. "I want to know where she's hiding. I want to know w
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