Secrets of the Billionaire's Heart

f cold untreated concrete stretching up and out of view. No windows, only a heavy essence door. fear surged until rational study reasserted itself - she demanded clari

thed. Gently shaking his shoulder, she fought to control her racing studies. Focus. fear wo n't save you now. After an agonizing nanosecond, Sterling's eyes fluttered open. Seeing Emilia, he bolted upright with a launch." Where - what happed?" snappily relating the attack, Emilia tried to ignore the dizzying questions whirling through her mind. Who had captured them? What did they want? And how could they conceivably get ou

es grim with secrets held too long." I was formerly entangled in a network of culprits involved in plutocrat laundering, arms dealing, and worse. But I wanted out." Emilia heeded hardly as he reported his sweats to leave that dark world before. How he would cooperated with authorities, erecting a new identity as Sterling. But one man still clung to the old ties-felonious architect Maxwell Donovan. " Donovan noway forgave my treason. He is

wave. As admonitions blazoned in the distance, their race for freedom had begun. But the troubles had only just surfaced from the murk. Sterling and Emilia contended through the narrow corridors, keys in hand. The artificial complex sounded vacated save for the wailing admonitions. " This way," Sterling whizzed, pulling her around a corner. They dived to a halt before a heavy essence door. As he fumbled with the keys, Emilia scrutinized for hunters, heart pounding. Eventually, the cinch clicked open. Harsh sun dazed them after the dusk. They set up themselves on a vacated lading wharf at the reverse of the structure. storages stretched as far as the eye could see. " Donovan's operations are bigger than I imagined," Sterling muttered." We need transport, munitions, a p

just say I've my own score to settle with Donovan. I have been watching for a chance to bring him down." His eyes met Sterling's in the rearview." We all want the same thing." An uneasy armistice was formed in that moment, bound by necessity. As altitudinous halls rose in the distance, Xavier said," Nearly there. Brace yourselves.

ere not alone, a screech of tires outside transferred them flying for cover." Company!" Jack barked. Through the slatted windows, over a

d reloading under fire. But Donovan's forces were grim. For every man who fell, two further sounded to take his place. Sterling took a graze to the arm, grinding his teeth against the pain as he continued laying down fire. Emilia held her own, channelizing all her fear and rage into each precise shot. Still, the adversary pushed closer, piercing the storehouse border. She and Xavier fought back to back, their security abating fleetly. " We need to fall back!" Jack bellowed over the noise." Xavier, cover

ged Emilia backwards into the murk, she cried," Go, while you still can!" But leaving her was n't an option. As Donovan's dark horselaugh ec