aper. It was loud, forced, and desperate. But it died in

d onto Kandy with the detached fascination

ed to go for the throat. She targeted

st name with deliberate disrespect. "A miserable, subprime mortgage gambler. Sh

y went comp

ny, invisible sparks crackled at the very

r lips curling into an ugly sneer. "Your mother w

t mo

less than a second. Kandy's pupils dilated in sudden terror. The in

nd swung in a pe

like a gunshot in

to the side, and her body slammed violently into the solid wood of the wardr

idly swelling left cheek. She looked down at her fingers. There was a smear of bl

own blood shatter

rambled up from the floor, her manicured hands ho

omentum carry her forward. Janet grabbed Kandy's outstretched arm, twi

slammed Kandy face-firs

uashed against the peeling p

lips were barely an i

ce was the chilling calm of a grim reaper reading a sentence. "But have you act

f against the wall. The sheer weight of Janet's absolut

d, her voice slipping into Kandy's ear like ice water. "You saw the money, Kandy. You saw the penthouse.

the wall. "He's the strongest man on Wall Stree

eased Kandy's arm and stepped back, letting the

staring down at her, "pay attention to the prescriptions hidden behind

aking so violently she couldn't stand. She looked up at Janet, her

y screamed, her voice crackin

t her with abs

Kandy. Those four kids you bragge

darted frantically as she dug i

atal blow. "Blonde hair. Blue eyes. Jax Adler has dominant dar

llided with the brutal biological facts Janet just laid out. The image

onaire dynasty. She had stolen a dying

ing into her scalp. She let out a low, ag

A slow, terrifyingly controlled smile spread across Janet's face. It was the s