ld feel through the leather seats. Before the driver could put the ca

. He was gasping for breath, holding a leather-bound checkbook and a gol

t Vance. He simply pressed a button on the armres

ing Aspen completely. "The capital injection for the merger. Our corporate accounts are ready t

posit the money directly into the Hog

ad to look at Elias Mercer, who was standin

ended two

p, rectangular piece of paper. It was a cashier's check, already sig

e read: Hogan

dy light ignited in his pupils. He reached his hand ou

s index and middle fingers. But instead of handing it

dn't speak, but the question hung heavily in the

t her ribs. She kept her face perfectly still, but she

croscopic smirk touched

ipped the edges of the fifteen

ii

er tearing in half was dea

ed in absolute horror, as if Deron had

indow. They fluttered down, landing on the gravel o

ance stammered, his k

et pocket and pulled out a heavy, encrypted

echoing with absolute, terrifying authority. "Initiate an immedia

ooked a

ce of paper and handed it to him. It contained the routing num

he long string of numbers into

now," Dero

ker. "Yes, sir. Emergency wire protocol i

n hu

l driveway. He fell to his knees, staring blankly at

doors, dragging three heavy suitcases. Elias and the bodyguards int

at his driv

's pathetic sobbing. The Maybach accelerated smoothl

al minutes. The streetlights flashed across

's phone vibrat

n automated SMS from the Swiss bank. A

ight. The first real piece of her revenge was secured. Sh

yes closed, his head resting against the leather seat, looking completely

pered, the words tastin

. His chest rose and fell

is voice a low rumble that vibrated in the quiet

tightened. She stared at his sharp profile, wondering ex