walls wept with dirty water
ing lines of code. Her belly was massiv
earing agony ripped
the edge of the cheap wooden desk. A warm, thick rush of fluid
ater
e grabbed her burner phone and dialed the only emergency numb
and two of his most trusted men rushed in. They grabbed Danica,
unregistered black-mark
ime. There was
wn on a rolled-up towel until her jaw popped.until her voc
blood-covered bodies wer
hit her ears, and the last thread of her adren
k hands tearing at her flesh, ri
d, her eyes
her eyes. The sharp, metallic ste
was destroyed. Medical trays were o
o the room. He was clutching his stomach.
a single, tiny bundle wr
her bed. He looked at her, his e
s. They breached the door. They took two of them.
pinpricks. Her brain ref
she wh
d sprayed across the sheets. She tried to t
oody hand onto her ch
ded down the hallway ou
he baby girl in
l ordered, his voic
door, firing his weapon
k supply closet. She curled into a ball, pressing the baby tight against her
ence. In the dark, her eyes hardened into bl
years
he had turned her agonizing grief into a global network of spies and assassins, al
m jet screeched against the tarm
door opened. The
e a tailored black trench coat and dark sunglasse
girl. Phoenix wore a matching black
at attention. One of them opened th
enix slid into
roken, terrified girl from the baseme
and pulled out a heavily encrypt
ec
tine, exclusive golf
ghing with his wealthy friends. He r
thwip cut thr
let ripped through
s back, staining his w
d onto the manicured grass. His bodyguards drew thei
atched the live drone feed on her phone.
outh curled up. The
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