nig

m of the surveillance cameras. She waited for t

wearing the silk pajamas the staff had provided

steps. The patrol passed the intersectio

She swiped Ivy's stolen ca

of old paper and expensive scotch. She went stra

ts flickered. Once

e storm had knocke

generators would take

s clinking against wood.

he slammed into somethin

through the silk. She was yanked backwa

to scream, but a larg

ething?" a voice

d sober.

fled against his

t against her shoulder. He smelled of whiskey and rage. "After I

her against the heavy oak de

a collision. He tasted of

ils digging into his

hand moved from her mouth to

're going to act like a thie

were blown wide, pupils dilated, not with confusion, but with a cold,

riving her mad, and he was usi

e was too strong, and the heat radiating from him was confu

hard. She gasped,

ast. A blur of th

on top of her, his breathing sl

buzzed to life, casti

ckward. She was shaking. Her clot

was watching her, his

er. If Victori

rt, clutching it to

ad popped off her collar. It rolled under the e

the door. She ran to the bathroom, turni

e bruise was already forming on t

hed it,

this. She had to