San Francisco. The air inside the cabin was

s head resting against the leather seat. Sud

locking his gaze onto Cora. His eyes were c

edical bleach?" Kendrick demanded, his voi

ard in her pocket felt like it wa

in her lap. "I bumped into a drunk doctor in the h

ed for ten agonizing seconds. Then, he let out a soft chuckl

let the guards handle it," he said sof

ut Cora could feel the icy r

n't go to his study. He grabbed Cora's wrist and pulled

collar of her custom Hermes gown an

the ruined silk fell to the floor. She backed away,

on full blast. He didn't wait for it to warm up. He gr

ubbing her skin. He scrubbed the exact spot on her arm where Cayden

urts!" Cora cried out

eetheart," he whispered in her ear, his voice sickeningly sweet over the sound

rapped her shivering body in a thic

lled out two large white pills and a glass o

holding the pills out. "Take your nutrit

d violently, pressing herself against the h

s large hand gripping her jaw like a vice, forcing her mouth open. H

ls slid down her esophagus. A strange, hea

tly wiped the water from her chin

felt like they were filled with wet sand. She clawed at the bedsheets, f

saw Kendrick stand up. He unbuttoned

stopping at her waist. He stared at the exact spot where

ring his wife. It was the look of a

ner of Cora's eye as the abso

er her body, turned off the lights, and walked