it of the hotel and stepped out o

s of the oversized men's jacket tighter around her che

ed in. She never wore anythi

breast pocket of the jacket. She

black, matte card. There was no

silver ink on the back was a hig

She reached into her clutch and pull

ode through the app's interface. The screen instantly went black as the script bypassed the visual layer. A second later, lines of green code began cascading down the cracked glass, requesting port access and decr

er lips. Someone was actually trying

plication with no icon ins

d up. There was

pay the dry-

e Plaza, Kane was sitting on a le

He fully expected to pull the girl's real name, lo

d a sharp, piercing alarm.

s shot up in g

IP address bouncing across three differ

final loca

irectly inside the core

w across the cracked screen, typing out a brutal c

to Wal

e amusement in his eyes vanished, replaced

completely severed the p

ward the subway station and leave t

nsive tires tore th

ed on its brakes, stopping

ard Copeland, her adoptive father, stepped ou

behind him. Her eyes were narrowed

nting a shaking finger directly at Alanis's face.

wealthy socialites strolling down Fifth Avenue

ear her. "I told you, Richard! I told you we never should have brought

mp. She looked at the two hypocrites performing

ver. He raised his right hand high into the air, fully intend

r muscles coiled tight. She prepared to ca