through the gap in the heavy blackout c
yes shut. Her head pounded w
arp, pulling soreness radiated throu
pped her
obbed with a dull, bruised ache. She instinctively pulled her arms down, realizing that the silk tie that had bound
cal blow to the stomach. The club
bs like a trapped bird. She slow
His broad, muscular back was exposed, the skin
d absolute, wa
erself not to make a sound. She carefully lifted the
violently, threatening to give out. She grabbed th
shifted, letting
ld her breath. She waited until his brea
the door. She tiptoed over, snatched it up, and pulled it over h
run when a thou
ruised by Deron's betrayal and Belva's cruelty, flared up. She
cked back into the side pocket-he must have returned it. In her m
sk near the window. She picked up a h
ok slightly
ge skills. Like an
on the nightstand right next to his head, and sm
n't bother putting them on
the carpeted hallway to the elevator. She jammed the lobby
ater, the man in
e pulsed at his temples from the alcohol a
d, expecting to pull the warm, s
et empty,
is sharp eyes swept th
. His gaze locked
sat on top of a piec
ng the paper from the wood. He read the
ge skills. Like an
the room
n in his neck bulged against his skin. His j
ho controlled billions, had just been paid off wit
adulterated fury t
ng bone-white. He swung his leg out of bed and kicked the heavy ma
the landline
ice vibrating with lethal rage. "Pull every camera feed. Nobod
econds later, freezing at the sight of the destroyed room
y below. "Find her," he whispered, a
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