bby, her chest heaving. As the stainless steel doors slowly slid shut, cutting off the view of the pen
or. She stepped out and walked quickly a
s doors, the freezing night wind slammed into he
ectly manicured, tree-lined driveway toward the massive wrought-iron gates of the gated communi
from the gate when th
t. Ashlyn squeezed her eyes shut, throwing a hand
the guardhouse. They were holding the thick leather leashes of two snarli
, his voice devoid of any respect. "Show your night p
rminated my employment with Alex Robinson,"
a look. One of them let o
e, not even a fly leaves this sector,"
pike of fear through Ashlyn. She stumbled backward, her bare heel catching on the edge of th
hook the sky. A second la
n sheets. Within seconds, Ashlyn's thin
e last remnants of her body heat. The dizzy, sickening wave
ire City. She was trapped. In this city, controlled by capital an
c. If she stayed out here, she would p
she tasted copper. She turned around
luxurious lobby looking like a drowned rat. The expensive
yes, but knowing she belonged to the monste
d walls. Her hair was plastered to her skull, her lips were blue, and she was shiv
he stood in front of the heavy oak door
hen, she raised a numb, freezing f
as cracked open. She pushed
nd spilled bourbon we
egs were crossed at the ankles. A lit cigarette was pinched b
g the security feed. Watching her hit a brick wall
uddle of rainwater immediately formed around her fe
e exhaled a thick clo
ng?" he mocked, his voi
ng to every curve of her body, highlighti
hispered, her voice thick with a nasal, pa
, then up to her trembling, blue lips. Hi
ying, fragile body-a body that had just been drained of blood to save his sister-his thro
f-smoked cigarette directly into the pristine white wal
entryway table. He grabbed a heavy set of carhivering form, pushing the
rdered, his voice
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