of the Goodwin estate
. The cold night air hit her face, co
When Meredith threw the wine, the base of the crystal glass had clipped her knuckle. A de
paper. Good, she thought, her erratic heartbeat finally steadying into a slow, rhythmic thud. This was the absolute last time she would ever bleed for the Goodwin family. Th
eway and flagged down a passi
told the drive
ow. Her heart rate slowed. The anger
unlit alleyway in the Lower East Side. The neon sig
the cab. Her heels clicke
ok what the tra
eth st
ed at the mouth of the alley. He held a lit cigarette between h
and stumbled toward
looked at the wine stain, then at the bloody tissue w
out like the stray dog you are. Eve
t him. Her jaw loc
is cigarette at her feet. He lunged forward, reaching out to grab
ery specific lesson: you either learned how to use a larger opponent's momentum against them, or you ended up in the h
he grabbed his wrist with her good hand, twisted
d her hips
d and eighty poun
All the air left his lungs in a violent rush. He curled into a fetal
a speck of dust off her shoulder. A
u couldn't even last three seconds in bed, Acey. What
outh, but only a strangled gasp came out.
y, the slow, rhythmic sound of cl
ad around, her muscles t
er early, and that a rather pathetic red Ferrari was tailing your cab," Dorian said, his foot
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