ut through the penthouse
er skull. Her eyes felt swollen, her throat raw. She lay frozen on the
the man was
square jaw covered in dark stubble, and broad shoulders marked with long, angry red scratches.
ew that crest. It belonged to the Montgomery family, t
cracked‑screen phone out from under her torn jeans. Fine spiderwe
calls and a text from Saint Jude'
to cardiac arrest following respiratory
t. A cold numbness washed down her
rust of bread with her, the gentle soul who had wasted away in a state
ravelly groan. His heavy arm reached acro
nd a sharp, tearing pain in her lower abdomen nearly brought her to her knees. She grabbed
er neck, collarbone, and shoulders were covered in dark purple bruises.
g her skin until it burned bright pink. She hated the water. She hated the
hird loop down, and tucked it into her jeans. When sh
hrew them away, and erased their names from security logs. If he woke up and realized
a single, crumpled one-hundred-dollar bill. H
grabbed her red lipstick from her purse, and
e service. Kee
red-dollar bill dire
he low crackle of security radios echoed thro
vate terrace. The cold morning wind whipped her dark hair across her face, sixty stories above the Manung her legs over the con
hot through her right ankle, stealing her breath. She didn'tter, the suite do
rsonal security, rushed in with two
s pound, but his eyes were already clearing, turning into pools of obsidian.
ide of the bed. The faint scent o
locked onto
eside the mirror, right beneath the mo
ent comple
two fingers, and crushed it into a tight ball in his
Alistair's voice was a low, lethal wh
the morning," Arthur stammered, his face pale. "It was a coordinated
ous nail marks scored across his back and chest. He walked to the open, his eyes narrowing to razor slits.
own every private orthopedic clinic and emergency room in Manhattan. Check every fem
mory of that burning red flame mark s
nded, his voice shaking the quiet room. "Even if you
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