Silas Thorne sat sprawled on the leather banquette, flan
s lit up with a greasy, ravenous hunger. He w
ord, the heavy door clicking shut behind th
distance as possible. The bass of the club's music vibrated thro
usually like a chase. But your father practically begged on his knees to keep his stepdaug
glass roughly
well with tears, feigning absolute terro
ately jerked her hand. The liquor splashed all
moving closer to him, grabbing a napk
liding aggressively up her thigh, gripping her skin with bruising force
d. Her right hand slipped into her open clutch. Her trembling fingers fou
Her eyes locked onto the pulsing ve
muscles coil
A
d off its hinges, crashing inward
the room in seconds. But they weren't Silas's men. They were towering, lethal professionals in iden
le with rage. "What the fuck i
is throat. The chao
Adams w
in the room seemed to drop ten degrees, freezing the blood in everyone's v
n, sickly white. His knees visibly knocked togethe
nce. His abyssal, storm-black eyes
ered glass, pale and breathless,
ked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. His fingers brushed her jawline, lingering on the
wn his face. "She's... she's with
is voice was a low, freezing baritone. "With yo
played on his lips. He leaned in, his breath brushing he
g m
nge hidden in her bag. If she used it now, she would spend the rest of her lif
ger. A cold, calculated, world-ending danger. But his i
abbed his expensive lapels. "Take me away,"
arkened with si
o the room, wrapping an arm aro
h to start a war with the "Living Hades" of Wall Street. He forced a
crossed the threshold, Everet paused. He didn't look back, b
ia
" Liam step
ight hand," Everet said casually
ait-AG
re through the booth, accompanie
olently as Everet led her into the private elevator. Th
the mirrored wall, watching her. The faux tenderness was completel
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