I Built Your Empire, Now It Burns

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nd the tinted glass of my armored SUV,

could barely grip the steering

in four years I had

enger seat, vibrating again

e making a scene. The Comm

foot pressing h

he thinks you are having a breakdown. C

b that tore th

ust a tactic for him

that needed its cage. If the Commission thought I was crazy

let him kee

back of my hand, smearing

think. I nee

one number I

picked up on t

e was thick with tears, barel

end. Then, the sound of movemen

a asked. Her voice wa

the best defense attorney in the state. She was also

eading toward the

he one under the shell company name. He does not know about it. I am initiating e

d, the fear clawing at my throat. "H

keeps in his pocket is a snake in the grass. We knew this, Aza. We knew

e buzze

leb is really upset. We just want to make

d run cold. She was texti

m both. Cut the cord, Azalea. If you want to survive this,

the numbers. The silence th

er. It was a nondescript brownstone in a quie

e, locking the three deadbolts

looked like a Valkyrie in a trench

uila in one hand and a

out of my lungs. I collapsed against her, the

der, my knees giving way. "I bought him his rank

said, pulling back to look at me. Her dark eyes

couch while Azura

aking the glass. The liquid burn

" Azura said. "The girl who needed a bodyguard. He

ld feel the ghost of Caleb's touc

h and iron. "I do not want to just leave. I want to burn his empir

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. "I know where the bodies are bur