ld even cross Elba's shou

and swung with every oun

ac

ed room. Elba's palm connected with Domenic's

s heavy boots tangling in the thermal blanket. He clutched h

et Service agents lowered their eyes, re

vibrating with disgust. "You tried to murder the Stant

m the cold and the blow. The shee

flying from his lips. "She kicked

athetic, trembling whimper, shr

ve and yanked him forward, then pointed a rigid fin

ages on the screen. The high-resolution shots of Hester's bruised wrists and bleeding shou

A ninety-pound girl kicked a grown man into a pool? Are these b

screen. His mind spun. He had only tried to

ts stationed outside cracked the door and leaned in, his expression tight. "Madam First Lady, the

red with cold susp

ntically against the floor. Alex had radioed for medical support minutes earlier, and in the commotion of the physician's arrival, fragm

, shivering, with a massive red handprint on

nic, shielding him with her body. She grabbed a dry towel from a ne

ed with terrified tears. "Madam First Lady, please, I beg of you, stop!" Jayleen pleaded, her voice trembling with a desperate, agonizing pan

ous, lethal slits. The air in th

"Since when does a staffer di

the golden opportunity. She let out a sha

d Tricia was his true love. And Tricia is Ms.

ed like gasol

taffer was helping her niece seduce the President's so

rdered the agents, her voice absolute zero. "She

een by the arms and pulled her firmly to her

leen shrieked, struggling wi

ly removed snapped the last

d. He threw a wild, desperate punch at the

weight to grapple Domenic. In the sudden chaoti

sent Jayleen stumbling sideway

d directly into the sharp, carved

screamed. Blood instantly gushed from a deep

" Domenic

es beside her. He pressed his hands to her bleeding head. He l

ba, his voice tearing his throat. "You don't deserve t

ba like a physical

or power. He was cursing her, telling her she wasn't a mother

turned the c

ill shot through Hester's veins. In her past life, Elba had bled herself

n she opened them, the motherly warmth was entirely gon

to her Chie

"Go to the Oval Office. Tell the