Manhattan headquarters boardroom shat

The temperature in

k at them. He walked straight to the head of the long mahogany table and p

ick stack of manila folders onto the center of the table. Th

d the security footage from the Waldor

eyes. They were dead, holl

ld force a merger are done," Elliot said. His voice lacked any human

he end of the table slammed

is is a dictatorship! We built

t even turn his head. He just

dark suits walked in. They grabbed the screaming executive by the ar

lat on the table. He prep

the floo

of his vision turned black. The residual neuro-toxins from the dr

e collapsed forward, his head hitting the poli

ed, lunging forward. The bo

onths

window of a hidden underground clinic in Qu

eezing delivery bed. Her hospital

etal side rails. Her kn

ight nine months ago. She remembered the cheap pharmacy bathroom, the two pink lines on the plastic stick, and the crushing despair that had nearly swallowed her whole. She had wanted to erase the nightmare, but then she felt it-a tiny,

e end of the bed chewed

wasting time," the nu

He checked his cheap watch, dragging hard on a

through Breanna's body. She ar

ewborn baby sliced throu

rapidly. Hot, physiological tears streamed down her cheeks,

cord. He wiped the blood off the screaming baby

ed her right hand.

ered, her throat ra

d her back to the bed and walked stra

p, but a massive wave of dizziness and blood loss f

door pushed open

his niece, who was bleeding and crying. He

nd walked out, disappeari