nto the back seat

ut, the lock engagi

on the armrest, and the black partition betwe

urated with his scent-cedar and danger. Ines pressed herself against the doo

gressively into traffic. Ines swaye

eld out

tared

one," h

it in his palm. Her fingers brushed his,

verifying the encryption. "You didn't crack it," h

past. They were heading north, toward the West Side Hi

d one Preston had silently retrieved from the

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, then back at her. A crue

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or seizing her chest. She believed him. Why wou

ded from his eyes, replaced by something dark

rders flashing by. Below, the Hudson River was a gray strip of death. Ines s

eather seat, scratching the ex

cover

at," Dor

mpletely. The contact sent a jolt of electrici

nd away, tucking i

oward her. "You weren't this afrai

ip. She stared

her chin, forcing her head up. His

were vocal enough with your eyes

low. A calcula

pasms of muscle trying to force sound through a closed

s pat

cond, she thought he was going to kiss her. Then he released her

he muttered,

he Palisades Interstate Parkway. The city

es. She looked at the door handle. Locked. She

umped, the impact would shatter her

't bother," he said, reading her min

ped back,

enic overlook, gravel crunching under the tires. The cliff edg

The wind roared into t

o her side and yan

t o

ed her hair across her face. She stood on the edge of t

ed for t