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he chaos unfold on multiple screens: the fire at Deranged Desires, Victo

as. They were trivial and fleeting. But everything in t

l, he always made

led, stepping into the office with that h

was still calculating probabilities

u to post?" I asked, f

ng on everything from the fire to the Blackthorn drama, and the

Good. You'r

further and let the sense of acc

tion was mine to direct now, and every mov

one and dialed th

n, any vehicle leaving, I want everything tracked. I want to kno

, sir. Alre

fec

otecting was already on my radar. It wouldn'

nic's little fortress of cont

ed and I didn't need to see her to know it was Isabell

e already filling the room. "There's a function tonight that I'm going

ly well that she only needed me for the

knew I woul

into my lap, adjusting her posture as i

e right angle, "I'll need a few shots for th

r relationship was designed for c

ose friends in college, and she was there

e created this. We were exclusive enough to make this believable, but

on from her mother's matchmaking, whil

r a quick peck. Then she flicked her hair back,

d slowly as my thoughts imme

center of a war between men whose lives had been

sband, but from me? That would be more

curity feed was live now. I was connected t

be under my lens within seconds of departure

f security confirmed it immediately: sh

the convoy stopped, she was in a secure location. Do

orld. And I intended to

Right now, this city was a chessboard,

Dominic wouldn't be there. And then I stood up, bu

ards behind the house. Dominic always overestimated h

n window of her bedroom and

ith her back to the window. It was only when I pul

eath hitched as the book

she sat up. She pulled the blanket all the way to

" I asked, signaling

lied as her ey

to need you to

n the chair opposite her bed, cros

nd it seemed like she was on th

I wanted you hurt, you'

y relaxed. I then leaned forward

ngel. And this time, the