through the congested
oo terrified by the suffocating pressure radi
ed his eyes shut. The freezing air of the Manhattan Family Cour
at the defendant's table, her spine perfectly straight. Th
s onto the screen-Alyse walking in
od in his mouth. He remembered staring at hewant to rip the room apart. She told him she was sick
m the Hammond family, asking only for an immediate termination of the marri
odfrey's rigid jawline, dragging him out of
a habit he couldn't break. The silver cufflink was the last bir
brated again
Zane said, his words rus
d. "Run the yellow,"
sound mirroring the violent storm
ver loading a garment bag into her SUV. It had the official crest of the Lee family's charity gala prin
ebrows snapp
ght by the Lee family. It was the night of t
g up in New York tonight, at that s
stincts that made him a
He tapped the glass partition. "Chang
screen. He opened the photo Zane had sent. H
tely searching for traces of the man named Guthrie. The venom of j
ed out of the restaurant. The freezing wind whipped th
he curb. The driver, a heavily built bodyg
e threw a glance over her shoulder toward the booth where Zane
, and it merged seaml
a live GPS tracking link. 'Godfrey's hound spotted me. Might get messy later. Keep an eye on my location and stay on standby,' she typed,
ed a rapid string of code, bypassing the firewall and temporarily blinding
fed rabbit, looking
we going to
ocent eyes through the rearview mi
't going to a party.
the black Maybach and th
tinted glass, Godfrey caught the f
lently against his ribs. But a massive city bus pu
pounded his fist ag
ter!" Godf
ed into that ballroom. He had to grab h
inally loomed in the night sky. The entrance wa
into the VIP lane, bypassing the chaos a
his face, cooling the feverish heat in his brain, bu
ight as he walked toward the heavy, ornate doors.
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