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VIP underground parking garage. She had her phone pinned between her ear and he
iel to Thanksgiving dinner," J
-nine. You can't keep avoiding this." Her mother's vo
deeper into the bag, searching for her car keys. Thine of blood welled up on her skin. Her foo
Maybach glided forward. It moved like a ghost, its headlight
g the blood off her finger and searching for a b
the surprisingly warme stumbled backward, her shoulder dropping. The to
rror, tampons, and a tube of expensive Tom
a dead stop right beneath the mass
peering through the dim, yellowed light of the garage. She waited for
ng ha
obsidian. She couldn't see a face. She could only make out the v
aising her right hand in
?" her mother squawked through the
cutting her mother off. Her c
her weight, the stiletto heel of her right shoe slidsted. Her bal
mming into the abrasive concrete. A s
n sting of tears. She reached out, stretching her arm toward the tire to grab he
as a low, guttural growl that vibrated through the
Her stomach dropped to her shoes. She thought the dri
at there, the engine idling with a heavy,
focating. He didn't honk. He didn't
heavy, invasive stare burning through that black glass, pinnin
he didn't even bother brushing the dirt off her bleeding knee. S
ipstick. The back of her hand brushed agai
rom inside the cabin. It sounded
k and shot up to her feet. She did not want to deal with w
ench coat, gave a stiff, quick bow toward
onse. The air between the
frantic, limping slightly toward he
on. The blinding white beams hit her back, casting a mas
e harsh glare. She threw her arm up over h
and money for a scratch on his hood. She braced hers
urned, the headl
ianna stood there, her chest heaving, staring at the dark sha
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