Secrets of the Billionaire's Heart

d. He watched over her, guilt stewing again. This life of peril was no fate for her- yet leaving meant ramifying the fragile vestments drawing them together. further th

ve had feelers out for any intel on unusual numbers crossing Donovan. Nothing so far." His eyes bored into Sterling's." You are holding back. What are not you telling us?" Sterling turned to the rain- lashed windows, gathering snarled vestments of memory." There's.something familiar about him. I suppose he may be connected to my history, before I joined Donovan's association." Silence hung thick until Xavier soughed." We all have blanks demanding filled. For now, concentrate on healing up and getting your woman nearly safe." A tale of gratefulness escaped Sterling's lips before fatigue dragged him to rest. But dreams offered no sanctum-only casts of that enigmatic blue regard, hints of a history just beyond

s half- forgotten once eventually yield the answers that finessed his dreams? Or only raise new questions from the ashes? Sterling sifted precisely through the bones of his history, seeking any indication to identity of the mysterious foreigner. A glint in the dirt caught his eye- a gold chain nearly buried. He exhumed a charm from the soil, rubbing down blemish to reveal faces in the portrayal. A regal man goggled proudly back, arm around a beautiful raven- haired woman. Between them stood a boy no further than five, with eyes as blue as. A jolt shot through Sterling as pieces fell sprucely into place. That familiar radiance, the veiled history with Donovan it all made nightmare sense. contending upstairs two at a time, Sterling

an pledged." But first, we must find your woman- before the trail runs cold." Sterling jounced grimly, rising to face his family. Their history was reforged in the fires of this night, purpose now aligned where formerly divided. Family, at last, in the operations of revenge. Following faint tracks into the timber, they discovered skidmarks along the muddy road betraying a hasty vehicle escape. Lights pierced the darkness ahead, intimating at a distant emulsion brewing ominously through cadaverous trees. Sterling and Damian melted into the woodline, readying their stolen arms. Deep in adversary home, deliverance and reckoning lurked just beyond the treeline, awaiting their final battle with the dragon Donovan. Staying low in the encounter, Sterling and Damian surveyed the emulsion. Fortified guards patrolled high concrete walls, searchlights sweeping the timber edges. " How do we get outside?" Sterling rumored. But Damian was gone, melting into the murk. Sterling's radio crepitated" Distraction incoming, move when you see dears." Moments latterly an explosion rocked the far side of the emulsion. Guards swarmed as dears climbed the hedge. Sterling charged from cover, picking off plodders quietly. An air articulation came into view- just large enough to admit their narrow frames. Inside, they commandeered a situated vehicle, taking out its motorist stealthily. Driving among the fear, they scrutinized each structure for signs of Emilia. At the central command center, shocked voices cried" interferers!" over the radio. Sterling and Damian slipped outside, munitions raised. A hulking gorilla barred the stairwell, meeting a fate as