ley
the Grand Summit Tower, the tallest, most opulent re
a of city lights, radiating the cold, untouchable po
gown in my arms and pushed through the polished br
shifter eyes lingering on my cheap veil and rumpled dress with obvious sk
ng a hidden button that unlocked the
nner; the elevator shot upward smoothly, climbing seventy floors in near
oor belonged to a
uble door forged from matte-black reinforced titanium, embosse
unevenly against my ribs as I brought the gold
ftly, glowing with
ugh the hidden speaker. "Please enter the six-digit Alpha master passcode
ng from my face as I star
sco
ic conf
owing the card at my feet in the cathedral vestry-she had deliberately om
glowing digital keypad, frantically typ
in the quiet corridor, and t
ave two remaining attempts
ad of cold sweat rolling
my racing pulse as I entered the dat
ain, louder and more
ent cadence. "Warning: One attempt remaining. A third failure will permanently lock
d my pale face in a bloody
g hand, not daring to
spill from my lips as the absurdity
the Silver Peak territory, yet I did not know h
, official wax seal of the Mejia Clan, leavin
ttle their debts, and my new in-laws had locked me out
lation shafts, cutting through the thin, damp lace
t of my skirt, hoping against hope to find a contact, but
ed, who could I
am at me for offending the Mejia Clan and risk
competence as an excuse to humiliate me f
letely, ut
the lingering bruises from my encounter in the hotel
lowly sliding down until the stiff white lace of
ys the one who
t an inner wolf, a defective w
the back of my hand, refusing to let m
wait out the night right here, but I refused to give
e frame for any hidden intercom or manual override
e in the dim corridor like a ticking time bomb, ho
bule flickered and powered down to a dull, low-voltage eme
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