p headquarters pierced the sky. The top floor was a fortress of

he gray city skyline. He had just ended a video call with the London office. The numbers we

stepped inside. Miles was efficient, emotionless, and loyal to a faul

a tablet. "Miss Lindsey's lates

mess of shadows and light. The tumor was growing. It was pressing against the brain

ed, his voice careful. "They say the surgical r

er the pressure of his grip. He threw the device onto his desk. It

said, his voice low and dan

tograph. It showed a young man in a security uni

in a pool of blood on a warehouse floor, his last wor

had let Kristen get sick.

red, his tone leaving

There are no public records, no hospital affiliations, no publi

ource the Velasquez Group has. Turn over every rock in the world.

iles said, tu

s one more thing, sir. Regardin

. Not because he missed his wife-he could barely summon a clear picture

it?" he

keeping his eyes on the floor. "Ms. Randall waived

placed by a sneer. He had expected a fight. He had expected the wom

ck to the window. "She knows she woul

Randall was a transaction, a two-year cont

said. "Don't waste my time

nd slipped out

arrow brick building. The neighborhood was loud, the sidewalks cracked, and the air

chaotic energy of the city. She looked up at the t

rtment was tiny-a studio with a kitchenette, a bed that f

She spun around slowly, taking in the pee

e said, her voice

here was a rolled-up leather case, worn smooth by years of use. She unrolled it on the desk, reve

th a flick of her wrist, she spun it, the blade catching the light in

an standing in front of him wasn't the quiet, defeated wife

in, testing the word. "Wha

She looked at her brother, seeing the confusion etched into his face-th

voice steady. "Dr. Julian Adler-he's the Chief of Neurosurgery at New York General-took a chance on me. He let me assist on res

that time, when the society

m." A small, fierce smile touched her lips. "The Surgeon was

hing the last light of the setting sun. Somewhere in that skyline was New York General Hospital

she said quietly. "Tomo