strides. He grabbed Felicity by the thro

ite piece of paper on the nightstand, his e

h bared. His knuckles turned stark white as he

ges of her vision. But she forced her lips into a mocking, defiant smirk.

er throat, grabbed the medical report, and ripped it into tin

e barked at the bodyguards in the hall. "We're taking

d miscalculated his madness. She scrambled

ll against his chest. He ripped off his silk tie and brutally bound her wrists

is back, but he didn't even flinch. He carried her down the hotel hallway, c

er against the mirrored wall and crashed his mouth down on hers. It wasn't a kiss;

eared the area. Ellsworth threw her into the back of the SUV and cli

ty stared out the window, her heart hammering

drive, sir," Gus report

nic on the Upper East Side,"

ley. Ellsworth dragged her out of the car and

m his eyes. When he saw Ellsworth's murderou

freezing operating room and threw her onto

violently, her wrists still bound. "Mr. Mckinn

the barrel directly against Dr. Finch's forehead. "I don't need

ey forced her legs apart, strapping her ankles into the humilia

g against the straps. The tie bit into her wris

of any human empathy. He adjusted his cuff

steel gleamed under the harsh surgical lights. Felicity squeezed her eyes shut

her skin, a deafening si

strobed violently through t

D is swarming the building for an armed hostage situation. Someone

lattered loudly against the floor. He threw his h

ht she had orchestrated this, but the genuine shock o

m outside. "NYPD! Open

curity alarms b

tank Mckinney Group's stock. He barked at the nurses to unstrap her. He grabbed

rm and dragged her toward the clinic

ntirely dependent on his brutal grip to keep from falling. She looked back at the empty,

epping out into the pouring rain

enger seat, his face inches from h

slowly opened her bruised, bloody hand. Resting in her palm was the micro-w