of the Viper R

the room tu

as soaked with filthy alley water. Mud dripped from he

e in disgust. "Get out!

Her dead, hollow eyes were

licked against the floor, leaving mu

ht in front of

aina bent her legs and dr

onto the sharp shards of a broke

r skin. Dark red blood instantly we

flinch. She did

roze. The room wen

to look at Hardin. Her voi

ll si

ned bone-white. For a fraction of a second, a flash of raw, agoniz

ly. His face hardened in

, dark laugh. "Now

ached out and pinched her mu

s gone. I pulled it an hour ago.

She reached out with her bloody hands

aking. "They are going to cut off A

hands staining his expensive wool

pulled out a small, stiff piece of

s index and middle fi

directly on Alaina's wet, muddy fa

arer check. The amount printed

his voice devoid of all humanity. "As for your brother

dollars for one night. Hardin was treating he

on the floor. Her soul wa

ar fell. She reached her trembli

shed the edge of the check

d directly onto the check, pi

crushed her delicate bones. A sh

t her from his thron

iliation was so extreme it felt like

ook violently. H

n. A spark of wild, desperate

back, ignoring the

whiskey from the table and threw th

across his eyes and drip

ed the check from under his shoe, scramb

e sat perfectly still, letting

mouth twitched upward in