dan

n. The rusted hinges screamed in protest. I needed the violence

. Freezing water blasted into the stained sink. I splashed it over my face, tryin

ed from my right cheek down to my neck. It was the parting gift from the river ro

o the dark. But the drowning wasn't the worst part. The worst part was the memory that played right before I hit the wa

the source o

The glass shattered, embedding sharp shards into my kn

a roll of bandages. He looked at the broken glass on the floor, let out a heavy si

back together instantly, leaving a thin white scar behind. My body

nal. "We have reclaimed all assets in New York. The elder

ood off my hands. Power and money used to be my entire i

d the faint lights of the town. "What did you find about the spell

aled as he handed me a photo

Latin text. I had been trained by the best tutors in

ly erase the mind. It rewires the frequency of the soul, rendering the sub

g hands. Immune. The mate bond was

ich means... to her, you are

denial. "She is mine! Even if I am a stranger

. I needed control. I needed to use the only weapons I had left. I

e numbers on the page. "Mobilize the li

ready to type. "Which corpor

oiling with desperate arr

nking. "You mean... the main st

s. Buy every single property within a five-mile radius of her. I

. A hostile takeover of an entire zip code will dr

"Then buy City Hall too. If anyone gets in the w

He nodded stiffly. "I'll get it done." He paused at the

ive, blood-stained suit jacket and threw it in the trash. I picked up a fad

astard named Bren who went bankrup