p headquarters pierced the sky. The top floor was a fortress of
he gray city skyline. He had just ended a video call with the London office. The numbers we
stepped inside. Miles was efficient, emotionless, and loyal to a faul
a tablet. "Miss Lindsey's lates
mess of shadows and light. The tumor was growing. It was pressing against the brain
ed, his voice careful. "They say the surgical r
er the pressure of his grip. He threw the device onto his desk. It
said, his voice low and dan
tograph. It showed a young man in a security uni
in a pool of blood on a warehouse floor, his last wor
had let Kristen get sick.
red, his tone leaving
There are no public records, no hospital affiliations, no publi
ource the Velasquez Group has. Turn over every rock in the world.
iles said, tu
s one more thing, sir. Regardin
. Not because he missed his wife-he could barely summon a clear picture
it?" he
keeping his eyes on the floor. "Ms. Randall waived
placed by a sneer. He had expected a fight. He had expected the wom
ck to the window. "She knows she woul
Randall was a transaction, a two-year cont
said. "Don't waste my time
nd slipped out
arrow brick building. The neighborhood was loud, the sidewalks cracked, and the air
chaotic energy of the city. She looked up at the t
rtment was tiny-a studio with a kitchenette, a bed that f
She spun around slowly, taking in the pee
e said, her voice
here was a rolled-up leather case, worn smooth by years of use. She unrolled it on the desk, reve
th a flick of her wrist, she spun it, the blade catching the light in
an standing in front of him wasn't the quiet, defeated wife
in, testing the word. "Wha
She looked at her brother, seeing the confusion etched into his face-th
voice steady. "Dr. Julian Adler-he's the Chief of Neurosurgery at New York General-took a chance on me. He let me assist on res
that time, when the society
m." A small, fierce smile touched her lips. "The Surgeon was
hing the last light of the setting sun. Somewhere in that skyline was New York General Hospital
she said quietly. "Tomo
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