ther jackets swagger

beer and cheap cigarettes, a jarring con

le as his eyes dragged over Alani

ical dimensions. Vince: roughly two hundred pounds, heavy-footed, poor

e sound was wet and disgusting. "Looks like someone had a

ted her weight evenly across both legs, her br

deep shadows of an unlit alcov

quid barely rippled. His cold, predatory eyes we

tive assistant, stood a st

creaming for security in fiv

s stance. It was flawless. There were no openings.

orward, his tattooed hand reaching o

idn't ba

ace. She slipped past his grabbi

him forward, leaving his

rigid blade. She swung it u

ly with the bundle of nerves

crack echoed throug

completely limp, and he crashed onto the floor like a sack o

in his throat. His facial mu

a sharp breath. His hand jerked,

dark, dangerous thrill flare

daze. He let out a furious roar a

ed open, catching the dim light of the wall sconce

ith the boredom of someone w

heel, sliding her

nst Ray-Ray's wrist, stopping

own on his elbow. She applied a brutal, bone-snapp

rs lost all strength, and the switch

to deliver a devastating low sw

balance entirely and crashed sidewa

porcelain plates, and metal cutlery shatte

hoed from the adjacent stairwell. "Hey! Section four, we got a massive noise complaint, move it!"

y reached down and smoothed out the

rs on the back of

e was a gaze on her. A gaze far more dangerou

r ice-cold eyes pierced straight i

ed eyes