t all the way, and stormed out of the hotel lobby. A

own his face. "Sir, the blind spots in the service elevator... she

otage of a slender woman running barefoot into a

demanded, holding his ha

Jax slid into the driver's seat of the lead Maybach. He sla

king as she unlocked the door

hot, and scrubbed her skin until it was raw and red. She neede

t pounding echoed

h!" Belva's shrill voice pierced the t

ed-the sound of me

dropping into her stomach. She grabbed her phone with we

da choked out. "Th

s sharp and commanding. "I'm two bloc

r, grabbed her purse-the check Jax had contemptuously sh

splintered wi

to the rusted iron fire escape. She climbed down as fast

lva burst into the apartment above

to a halt. The passenger door

lammed o

a ordered, keeping her ey

swallowing the tears that threatened to choke her. "Dad? I got the exchange pr

coughed. "I'm so proud of yo

ied her face in her h

s emergency kit ready since Mortimer first threatened you. I just had to call in a life-debt to activate the flight. Inside is a passport belonging to a girl who passed away th

-thousand-dollar check from her purse and shoved it

Martha

ran through the sliding gl

t, Jax's Maybach was weaving through

through the speaker. "She ditched the cab in Brooklyn and switched

knuckles white. He swerved hard to the right, cutti

ad ahead, his mind consumed by th

ghteen-wheeler in the oncomi

like a bomb. The massive vehicle violently swerv

ver Jax's windshield l

yanked the steering whe

t the truck's trailer whipped around, slamm

g end over end. Metal shrieked as it tore apart. The car slammed into

ed down his face, blinding him. The world spu

ghway, a Boeing 777 pierced the clouds, c