Hayes
ypted file Zane had sent. The dossier on Dorian was terrifyingly thorough, de
and unforgiving. His silver-gray eyes seemed to see right through the camera, right through to
in red: Subject is suffering from advanced
rd, my eyes scanning for loopholes, before signing my name. Fifteen percent of Hayes
cliffs where Caroline had fallen. With the ag
ing, I retrieved a small, rolled-up cloth from a hidden compartment in my suitcase. Inside was a
or, avoiding everyone, and drove
k with the smell of salt and sea. I walked to the edge of the
n. An accident. I never believed it. Caroline was one o
e damp earth for anything out of place. My gaze snagged
and dug into the mud. My fingers cp, inlaid with a si
ine for her birthday. She never took it off. The clasp was bent
ere was a
washing over me. At that moment, a sound cut through the
pped to my stomach and
cked with violent tremors. He wore a white shirt, now soaked and clinging to a broad, muscular back.
as D
me cold could temporarily alleviate the symptoms of h
. A chance to observe h
e cliffside by local fishermen and
pped his head around, his silver-gray eyes glowing w
ehead slick with sweat. The powerf
was a raw, guttural ras
t mix of sea salt, cold pine, and something else... the faint, metallic tang of
betrayed him. He staggered and f
he snarled, a
way. "You need help,"
humorless laugh.
loth pouch from my pocket, unrolling i
g intent exploded from him. "What do you think you're doing?" The wol
wolf was the ultimate pr
erous gaze wit
"Or watching you die here, con
trying to figure out who I was, what I w
a standoff, one man in agony, one woman
llapse. "Who sent you?" he asked, his voice laced
s enemies. Good. A misunderstanding was
forward and knelt, bringi
his long eyelashes, the bloodless line of his li
ilver needle, holdi
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