From Shadow Dad to Empire Heir

the guards off me with a strength I didn't

up, son! Da

I scooped his small, limp body into my arms and

ton, my mind a screaming void of panic. The security guards didn't foll

hattan street, the night air cold against my s

med, running into the street,

one stopped. I was just another crazy ma

l. Sabrina's driver was always on st

ntrance, surrounded by a small group. She wasn't looking for us. She wa

s saying to a reporter. "A co

h a silk handkerchief. "It's okay, sweeti

Please, your car! Caleb isn't breathing r

nnoyance. "Are you still here? You've caused enough troub

back on me. O

. She wasn't going to help. No one was go

There was one call I swore I would never

d over the conta

fat

button. It ran

s as harsh and comma

rain. All the pride, all the anger I had he

alien on my tongue. "I was wrong. Pl

on the other end of the line.

are you

name, the name I had

egis Hotel

helicopter is five mi

ne wen

were blue. I held him tighter, whispering his name ov

escended toward the street, its landing lights cutting through the rain. Men i

ospital, a place where money and

was t

man with tired eyes, plac

right. We did eve

t sounds. Then, they crashed down on me, a weight

n. My sweet,

as g