staff, Sterling ordered Harrison and Jordan t

ly cutting off the sound of Serafina's fa

nd sat down. He rested both hands on the head of h

om. He angrily accused Jordan of picking up

ofa. She crossed her long legs and let out a

opped a massive bomb into the room, annou

s crossed his face, but it was quickly replace

flashed in her eyes as she silently judg

that the family trust fund would have to be compl

He demanded Jordan apologize to Serafina immediately,

looked down at her boots, seemingly di

finally breaking, Jordan threw her head

as she walked slowly toward Harrison's desk. Eve

he leaned over, looking down at her father, and told h

dangerous whisper. She warned them that no one in this fami

tated clearly that if Serafina touched her mother's things aga

yes. His stomach dropped. He stumbled backward in

finally realized that this granddaughter had c

adjusted the collar of her leather ja

he left them with one last mocking wish, hoping their little

llway. She completely ignored Serafina, who was hi

Jordan. She shivered violently and wrapped

e manor. She grabbed her helmet from th

avy motorcycle and kicked the stan

ut a deafening roar, tearing through the quie

harp survival instincts suddenly flared. She instinctively glanced up through her visor at the dark windows of a pre-war high-rise down the block. A tall, imposing silhoue

atched his daughter's taillights disappear, his

t wind, the encrypted communicator b

her helmet. Her hacker friend, Miles

lian, had gotten involved in a gang fight in Brookl