d down his horn, the sound

king the Range Rover down the ramp in

ed the steering wheel so hard her knuckles were bo

olently. Avery used the physical jolt

d, staring blankly at the dim flu

jerked, and the heavy SUV swerved, missi

in a VIP spot and whipped her

th to scream, a frantic poundin

learly bribed a guard or slipped through the broken service elevator, bypa

e ripped off her mask and shoved her

Avery could hear the muffled

ed for her door handle t

ut, clamping down h

r voice ice-cold. "You'll ju

d slid them on. She pushed open her doo

sture rigid, completely ignoring the

midated by her absolute lack of reaction, be

gainst the concrete as she walk

rs, the heavy metal fire e

yguards flooded

swept across the dark space, hitting the papara

muscle, a tall figure st

r heel scraped against the floo

as G

s she remembered from seven years ago was entirely gone, replac

ll the oxygen vanished from the garage. Her ch

inds, screaming his name and trying to lunge

d straight toward the elevators, his stri

p back, her fingers curling tightly

e between t

of cedarwood hit Avery's senses, violently dr

cing herself for the anger, the que

e concrete wall. But as the distance between them disappeared, Avery felt the temperature around her plumm

ive, crushing weight of disappointment and