d sorrow. Dawn was breaking, painting the sky in bruised sha
s own home, his eyes raw and bloodshot. The ashtray over
of him, so utterly broken, was a constant, twisting pain in her non-e
e phone. "I want every detail. Traffic cameras, the tr
lacing a fresh pot of coffee on the desk. Cole w
up when his phone rang, a sharp, intrusive soun
ane's voice was grim, stripped of its usual pro
e, replaced by a chilling, predatory focus. His eyes, which
" he co
closer, a cold premon
e reported, his words precise and damning
p twenty degrees. Cole's knuckles were wh
nter of ice, forced from b
e line. "We tracked Mrs. Mcintyre's recent com
heart, if she still
. And the person who helped her arrange everything, who had access
's consciousness. Aidan. Paig
ossible. It
nd evidence of their planning to elope with her trust fund after the... incident.
y hadn't just betrayed her. They had murdered her. For money.
e quiet that followed was more terrifying than any scream. Juliana could feel
old it could freeze blood. "Don't let
chair, his head falling back as if the weight of it was too much to bear. His
een betr
Hatred for her own blind stupidity. And an overwhelming, suffocating wave of
nted r
ecame a fire in her soul. She would not let them
ft, ethereal light pulsing around her. The edges of the library
if she were being dragged in
ard Cole's voice, a desperate, broke
clean, sharp fragrance of cedar
oft sheets and the hea
he was in a bedroom. Her bedroom, at the Mcintyre estate.
e texture of the high-thread-count
the pillow, and her bre
e was asleep
e covers. One of his arms was thrown possessively across her waist,
ith exhaustion and pain. His brow was furrowed, h
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