eart monitor echoed in the sterile VIP s

ped open. His pupils were dilated, f

h his chest, forcing a low, guttural groan from his lip

ide the bed. He slammed his hand onto the nurse call button

, his large fingers wrapping around Finn's

mian's voice was a

mountain, there was no one else. Just you, and six highly train

. His mind flashed back to the torrential rain. The slender figure.

ages. The wound that should have killed him was already it

lding a tablet. He looked at Damian's vi

cellular-repair agent in your bloodstream. This technology... it's at leas

into shards of ice. H

e arm and shoved him toward the door. "You saw nothing

shut. The room

eedle out of the back of his hand. A drop of bloo

dge of the bed. His bare fee

tood up. His posture was perfectly straight, his m

-ceiling window, staring down

Damian ordered, his voice echoing off the

d, pulling a tablet from his jacket. "Sir... the board of

mind was entirely consumed by the phantom touch of the woman in the rain. The

e swapping the bride. Instead of the adopted daughter, they are send

m a recycling bin for their garbage? They think the

ther sofa. His long fingers began to tap a slow, rhythmic beat

ian said coldly. "I'm

in surprise. "T

"I'm breaking the engagement personally. I will not have any woman's na

st house of the Lott Estate, Aur

ne buzzed on the

the screen. It was a single string of digits. Dami

uched Aurora's lips.

with a towel, ready to make the call that woul