heavy, drug-la
man holding her. She met a pair of striking, icy blue eyes.
th her cheek. Her trembling fingers instinctively reached u
oarse, broken rasp. "Call 911. Ambulance.
He noted the torn silk dress knotted at her shoulder, the dark, angry bruises forming on
apped. Her grip on his lapel failed. Her hand dropped limply to her side, and sh
. With smooth, effortless strength, he lifted her
doors down th
He froze mid-step. His eyes widened as he stared at his A-list client holdin
, gesturing silently toward the ajar door of Room
ly walked past Kian and pushed the
d-stained crystal ashtray. And he saw Lars
door with his sleeve, pulling it firmly shut. He aggressiv
olor draining from his face. "T
, cutting through the tension. "Clean the room. Move him ou
lling his encrypted phone from his pocke
ed Sera down the opposite end of the hallway, h
swiped his solid black keycard over th
rowded public lobby entirely. It dropped straig
ver saw him approaching and instantly threw
he plush leather backseat, making sure her h
a's unconscious body reacted to the trauma and the chil
oulders and draped it carefully over her trembling form, tucki
ed the sleev
fingers were curled into tight, precise fists. Her thumbs were locked
" Kian instructed the driver, pulling his gaze aw
ed to life and sped
observed the precise, tactical bruising forming across her knuckles. It wasn't the random bruising
ened into a sharp,
ed into the secure, gated loading
ith a gurney the moment the doors opened. Sera was transferred
llway of the clinic. He faced Dr. Evans, a man ac
ment enacted immediately," Kian demanded, his t
"She's been dosed with a heavy sedative. Rohypnol, most likely. She nee
out. It was a text from Marcus: Donovan transpor
Cancel my script reading f
. The cool IV fluids slowly began to dilute the poison in her blood. He
ur pa
ead, she stared up at a sterile, bright white ceiling. The ambient smell of Lar
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