t all the way, and stormed out of the hotel lobby. A
own his face. "Sir, the blind spots in the service elevator... she
otage of a slender woman running barefoot into a
demanded, holding his ha
Jax slid into the driver's seat of the lead Maybach. He sla
king as she unlocked the door
hot, and scrubbed her skin until it was raw and red. She neede
t pounding echoed
h!" Belva's shrill voice pierced the t
ed-the sound of me
dropping into her stomach. She grabbed her phone with we
da choked out. "Th
s sharp and commanding. "I'm two bloc
r, grabbed her purse-the check Jax had contemptuously sh
splintered wi
to the rusted iron fire escape. She climbed down as fastlva burst into the apartment above
to a halt. The passenger door
lammed o
a ordered, keeping her ey
swallowing the tears that threatened to choke her. "Dad? I got the exchange pr
coughed. "I'm so proud of yo
ied her face in her h
s emergency kit ready since Mortimer first threatened you. I just had to call in a life-debt to activate the flight. Inside is a passport belonging to a girl who passed away th
-thousand-dollar check from her purse and shoved it
Martha
ran through the sliding gl
t, Jax's Maybach was weaving through
through the speaker. "She ditched the cab in Brooklyn and switched
knuckles white. He swerved hard to the right, cutti
ad ahead, his mind consumed by th
ghteen-wheeler in the oncomi
like a bomb. The massive vehicle violently swerv
ver Jax's windshield l
yanked the steering whe
t the truck's trailer whipped around, slamm
g end over end. Metal shrieked as it tore apart. The car slammed into
ed down his face, blinding him. The world spu
ghway, a Boeing 777 pierced the clouds, c
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