he front door vibrated through t
, her duffel bag slung over one shoulder. Below her, in
usly twisting a damp tissue around her fingers. When she
d against her bruised cheek, her eyes fixed on Janet's back with a toxic mix of hatred and
Marlene rushed forward, throwin
t Janet's shoulder. "The debts... the bank was going to take
arm around her mother's trembling back. She p
steady anchor in the chaotic room. "This is ex
respond, the front
al boots stepping onto the wooden porch s
morning sun. He was nearly two meters tall, built like a c
rd Bradford's head
mperature in the room seemed to instantly plummet. Misha radiated a thick, suffocating aura of bloShe shrank back against the sofa, te
memories of her past life. Misha Volkov. She knew the absolute, unyielding loyalty that beat beneath that terrifying exterior. Her calmness didn't come from a place of ignorance, but from
nd himself being analyzed by a pair of dark, bottomless eyes that seemed to s
ure, his hands resting n
voice was a deep, gravelly rumble, dev
ttom of the stairs. She peered over Marlen
ks. A sharp, loud gasp ripped from her throat, s
f spoiled milk. Her whole b
slipped out of her mouth, carried by
onto her like a laser targeting system. In an instant, the p
eline. Kandy's visceral terror. Misha's instant hostility. In the past life, Kandy mu
vy, menacing step
ed operational callsign?" Misha demanded. His voice wa
he bottom step, her Chanel dress pooling aro
pure terror streaming down her face. "On
off. "Blackwater-level operatives d
her cousin to save her from the monster. Janet just c
rushed the activation button of his encrypted radio. He was preparing t
was a stretched wire, se
finall
utterly bored. "She's a pathological liar with a seve
ned his head to look at Janet. He was assessing
heir's fiancée. A messy extraction would
ulled his hand away from the radio, but he kept his
sha comman
ing mother and her paralyzed cousin, and wal
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