scorted in, a cut on his lip, but h

representative had clearly shak

nto the room, not from him,

Are they

le? What's sh

d, pacing in the observation room I

on escape. This facility

this time. He looked tired, t

s a mistake. Peterson, whoever he is, can'

hing unreadable in his eyes. "Ju

dow. But I wo

oat. "Mr. Carter, your a

pulling a small, velve

this personally, Ava. A token of his e

, elegant platinum band, an en

then, his face

s hand and threw it against the wal

a corporate spy! He' s probably one of he

Peterson. "You' re a fr

e, his expression hardening ag

utal-looking man named M

arcus backhanded Peterso

ling from his nose, but his ey

helpless rage. T

to my room. The "

working with. We can make this all

lent, staring

e and rage as he held me under the water. "You shouldn't have tried to leave me, Eliza," he'

memory, not a prem

g, charming, showering me with

Ava," Liam had said, hi

," Noah had added, but his

ltivated my trust, my affection, a

a," I said, my

tute, her shadow. A

ant to protect me. You want to own m

my arm, his fingers bruising.

, then his grip l

n. "Is she t

arm, my defiant express

minder of her place." He gestured to