sitting stiffly in the passenger seat. Rain slicked the windows,

left the rooftop. He just drov

pped the wheel, the faint scar on his knuckle, the sc

nd garage beneath a luxury apartment complex sh

here now?"

"It's not a home.

tened. "Safe fro

for her. "From the peo

ark-shades of steel and glass. The kind of

sh drive. "I need y

o flickered. Surveillance footage. A boardroo

rcus Vale.

nd everything falls into place. Your company, your shares, t

een wen

ent dry. "They.

leave you, Elara. I was taken. Blackma

this is just some twiste

la

pped. "Savannah's my be

nah smiled too easily. How she lingered around Adrian.

hing s

. "I came back to finish this. And you're al

ed again-another shot. Adri

, pulling a hidden gun

ime, he wa

dl

ce shaking. "Don't trust

ned, and Elara is now a target. But can she handle the t