obbed with a vicious migraine, and her muscle
ingers frantically over her skin. No bandages. No surgical scars
and Cayden's warning about the pharmacy, cr
age waiting to be slaughtered. She needed an excuse t
ws of designer clothes to a battered old suitcase she had brought f
her door. She slipped into the bathroom, turned the sink fau
wner of a small independent art galle
receiver. "I need a job. Anything. Filing pape
ye for art, didn't hesitate. "Of co
gnited in her chest. She powered off the devic
and walked out of the bedroom. She found the
ell Kendrick I got a job at an
on a side table, pulled a walkie-talkie from his belt, and w
butler picked it up, listened, and then handed th
ker, smooth and absolute. "You don't need to w
said, her voice shaking but firm. "I need to do so
r end. Then, Kendrick chuckled softly. "Alright,
hung up the receiver. She had won. It felt t
her old phone buzzed in the clo
er ear. Emma's voice was hy
everything. They said there was an anonymous tip about tax fraud. Pl
ora's hand, hitting the
entire life in less than two hours ju
out of the bedroom, ran down the grand staircase, a
med at the driver. "Take
front of the car, crossing their arms.
past him. The guard didn't even flinch. He reached out with one
open. Kendrick's black sedan rolled up th
He walked up to Cora, his face perfectly calm. He reached
arlobe. "The world out there is too dangerous
"You belong here. You are my perfect wife
ve out, and she sank to her knees on the gravel, compl
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