le doors and sucked in a lungful of humi

t the 'confused girl' mask slide

her clutch. The scre

answ

brother's voi

her voice up an octave. "Sterling..." She let a

erling's temperament was as volatile as his abstract paintings. He lacked Preston's cold logic or Foste

a cab. He... he said I made him

kill him," Ste

me home," she whis

phone. No tears.

t, she pulled a slim black device from the lini

flew acros

nith Club Secu

ssing Firewa

labeled Garden_Cam_04. She watched herself slip

it De

rubbing

a digital footprint-a void where data should be-but leaving the footage of her

use office of The Zenith Club, Kil

ng about Delia's audacity. Killian was

d, stepping forward. "We have a

Let me guess. The footage

the system. It was a remote wipe.

cing. "What? Som

It was the smile of a man who had found

t," Killian said. "Sh

Ansel

he screen. "She's not just a spoiled

what? Shopper?

ing window. He looked down at the street, watc

rag from hi

hat knows how to sheathe its claws