Mcca

h a gasp, my

g I remembered clearly was Darius's hand closing around my thro

d me against his chest. The click of a hotel door lo

it of my dress and closed around my bare thigh. His breath burned against the place between my neck and shoulder. I remembered

really happened or where the memo

aking in the room. Floor-to-ceiling windows revealed a sprawling city skyline, a glittering ta

blow. The silver-gray eyes. The ha

mmered agai

still on me, though it was badly wrinkled and twisted around my legs. I checked the fabric, then myself

hat he had taken more than those

d the side of my neck, the spa

marks. No searin

zzy washed over me. It was followed by t

a pr

ng had locke

n the frigid marble floor. The silence of

I pulled the heavy handle. It didn't budge. A small red light gl

. Of c

nst the cold glass. Fifty floors. A sheer drop

orced it down. I was a Rogue. I was a

methodical. I checked for air vents, fire

behind a stack of folded linens, I saw it. A faint s

ge, finding a small, recessed

surged through me. T

heavy door opened with a low groan. I froze

e, smelling of dust and disinfec

slipped into the darkness of the service

bare feet slapped against the rough concrete, the sh

The spiraling stai

Blanken

nter, watching the dark-haired woman run barefoot through th

," Gage reported. "Guzman's death will b

screen showing Arden racing down another flight of st

less smile tou

r run,"

then at me, confusion tighteni

atched Arden reach the next landing and shove through another se

Mcca

h a push bar. An exit sign glowed red ab

s a single

The door flew open, and I stumble

dumpsters and dark puddles. I gasped in the f

for the street, for th

far end made me freeze. A tall silhouette, the oran

. Darius B

r me. He had been

ame of hope that had burned so brightly was doused

ive shoe. He walked toward me at an unhurried pace, as though ther

nce washed over me again

voice, only a chilling flatness. But fury burned in