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e of the Manhattan club, tires slicing through the puddles
nd. He popped open a massive black umbrella
ough the leather instantly. She didn't flinch. She registered the ruin of a thousand-dollar shoe with
forward, his hand raised to block her path.
olently until the man's arm was pinned behind his back, his face smash
e reached out and pushed open the
mixed with the high-pitched shrieks of drunk socialites. The sudd
urned, shivering from the d
the dancers; they parted for her, sensing the cold fury
flashing neon lights. S
the velvet cushions. Her shirt was torn at the collar, her mas
em. He swirled the amber liquid in his glass, w
ty whiskey bottle from a passing wait
ring glass was so violent it made the DJ jump, his hand reflexively slamming the crossfader to zero. The he
hard of glass had sliced his cheek. A thin line of blood ap
f it isn't the Baldwin widow." He spat the words, his voice echoing i
orward, her heels crushing the broken glass. The
across the face. The crack of her pal
side. He roared, pulling hi
nected with the back of Kian's knee. A
-strewn floor, crying out as
f broken glass from the floor. She pressed the jagged
A thin line of dark red blood wel
thing but absolute, terrifying emptiness. His
ow and steady. "Then get out of New York. I
'm sorry! I'll go! I'm leaving!" He scrambled to his feet the moment Emb
to the table. She pulled a monogrammed handkerchief fro
ocked onto Haden, who hadn't mo
rly, the word cutting t
ack appeared in the crystal. He squeezed harder until the glas
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