Mcca
h a gasp, my
g I remembered clearly was Darius's hand closing around my thro
d me against his chest. The click of a hotel door lo
it of my dress and closed around my bare thigh. His breath burned against the place between my neck and shoulder. I remembered
really happened or where the memo
aking in the room. Floor-to-ceiling windows revealed a sprawling city skyline, a glittering ta
blow. The silver-gray eyes. The ha
mmered agai
still on me, though it was badly wrinkled and twisted around my legs. I checked the fabric, then myself
hat he had taken more than those
d the side of my neck, the spa
marks. No searin
zzy washed over me. It was followed by t
a pr
ng had locke
n the frigid marble floor. The silence of
I pulled the heavy handle. It didn't budge. A small red light gl
. Of c
nst the cold glass. Fifty floors. A sheer drop
orced it down. I was a Rogue. I was a
methodical. I checked for air vents, fire
behind a stack of folded linens, I saw it. A faint s
ge, finding a small, recessed
surged through me. T
heavy door opened with a low groan. I froze
e, smelling of dust and disinfec
slipped into the darkness of the service
bare feet slapped against the rough concrete, the sh
The spiraling stai
Blanken
nter, watching the dark-haired woman run barefoot through th
," Gage reported. "Guzman's death will b
screen showing Arden racing down another flight of st
less smile tou
r run,"
then at me, confusion tighteni
atched Arden reach the next landing and shove through another se
Mcca
h a push bar. An exit sign glowed red ab
s a single
The door flew open, and I stumble
dumpsters and dark puddles. I gasped in the f
for the street, for th
far end made me freeze. A tall silhouette, the oran
. Darius B
r me. He had been
ame of hope that had burned so brightly was doused
ive shoe. He walked toward me at an unhurried pace, as though ther
nce washed over me again
voice, only a chilling flatness. But fury burned in
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