ight, pressing behind Julian's

ed-flashes of heat, the scent of rain and cold fir, a soft body that yielded and then

nded on the

glinting in the morning sun.

ut and lifte

red up at him. Benjamin Fra

enched so hard a muscle feathered in his cheek. He crushed the bill in

ver

d in, his eyes scanning the room for a threat. He saw the disheveled

his voice deadly quiet. "Every ca

e NYU library was thick with t

he was just another scholarship student stressing over finals. But on the

ross the keyboard.

nds. It was insultingly easy. She located the video f

. Delete.

shredded the data, filling the

room was sweating. His hands shook as he p

en, where there should have been footage of the ha

?" Maveri

ed in, staring at the whit

ets back. There. Caught in the fabric of the pillowcase. A single, long black hair

railing. The metal was scratched. A faint, almost in

er the edge.

ver him, but he

his lips. "She didn't just jump. She descended five floors

ck asked from

back to the room. "Find the woman wh

slid it into her backpack and

zed. A text f

at

e handedly as she wa

. He's

aylight. At the Sullivan estate, her father was wa

she was okay. He didn't ask why she was we

e stairs. "He was indisposed. Th

-" Robert gr

ked at his hand on her sleeve, then up at his face

e said softly. "Be

e across town, the shredder was humming. A photo of Sienna Sullivan

the file Maverick had brought. "Too