WHEN SHADOWS FALL

ile to open

e a live wire, the chilly air cutting through my clothes. On the outside,

elentingly, the

ely successful business he had founded from the ground up, was his legacy even though he wasn't one for grandios

loways

e a generous offer to combine their talents on a significant project. My father had

ely engulf Monroe Enterprises in a few months. bit by bit, my fathe

day everythin

ontrast to the confident man I knew

desperation made my ch

th the weight of defeat, he s

twenty-one, full of enormous goals and unquestioning faith in the universe. The reality didn't s

inued, "They took everything." "Mark Ca

lloways, and I had been too ena

way,

he guy who had promised me a future that didn't exist and kissed me beneath

he letter in my palm as

rkness in a murm

entrance. As I made my way through the throng, past beautiful chandeliers and anonymous

halted me as I

va

urned abruptly and saw Li

e was harsher than

ing almost... uncertain. The self-assured guy I

didn't mean

You don't think it's upsetting to hand me

ad it,"

up a tale about how you had nothing to d

jaw. "Eva, it wa

cause it seems to be rather obvious from where I am. My

, and something more I couldn't quite put my finger

of the throng as he confessed, "I made mista

lame for that?"

odsy, familiar, and menacing perfume. Ev

ld reply, her gaze flitting betwee

k, I faked a grin. "All right. We were

more, Liam nodded, his face

my pulse racing, I took Sophia's

med my apartment, the note rema

legs curled beneath her, replied, "Just open

d gave her a fierce look

. "You're already obsessed with it,"

red my shoulders. S

er and unfolded it

It stated n

lieve is no

the 2015 acquis

uisition? The ones that described the agreement between Calloway

g?" Sophia leaned

For what reason would Liam direct me to suc

h you?" With a worr

," I said. "M

need to

istent interest and my wish to shiel

ced over the message once again. What if I was

irmly. "Tomorrow, I'll

"Just watch out, Eva. I don't believe Liam Cal

osed my eyes, Liam's words and memories of the past

as daybrea

the past-no matter