abet

e dim bedroom in a plunging burgundy evening gown, her ey

her shoulder, instantly realizing the trap a

y bronze sculpture with surgical precision, smashing it str

pound man collapsed face-first onto the

spinning around with wide, terrif

of her curled hair, yanked her violently into the room, and

she clawed wildly at the air, s

razy bitch! Brock wi

into her stomach, making her fold over like

lf-defense lessons for cardiology advice; the same barter had bought me counter-surveillance drills, clean exits, and h

ap and looked down at the woman who had spent

Fallon glared up at m

room rat, Elizabeth! You don

d her jaw between my finge

ving old Mr. Griffin's life, Fallon. How does it feel pretending

r face turning chalk-white at the real

o the closet and yanked two

d up in a burst of panic and lunged for the do

and yanked her backward; with a loud rip of ex

arms behind her back and bound her wrists tight

thick wad of cotton makeup pads from the van

ared across her cheeks, I rummaged through her limited-e

at with Dr. Maya Price at the Griffin Medical Center-her a

ay, I stripped off his oversized black suit jacket, c

pulled the cap low and followed my memory of the p

over the earpiece to time the patrols, I du

service elevator, the earpiece erupted with a sharp

ly! The guard outside the guest room

utton, the service elevator doors finally sliding open t

I stepped inside and chopped the edge of my hand across

d I drove a right hook straight into his jaw,

y folding scalpel from my pocket as red emergency ligh

level, and as the metal doors slid apart, a semicircle