g, thick and suffocating. It was broken on

onds-an eternity. Long enough to be sure Brod

reathing ragged. She didn't dare look at Brodie. Instead, she let her head fall aga

He stared down at the top of her head, the scent of h

ixed on Avery, a look of such raw, violent

't say

the housekeeper, moved as if to intercept him, but froze in place under the sheer murderous fo

left standing in the w

ngine roared to life, a guttural snarl of pure rage. T

oving to the door

lawn. The engine screamed as he slammed on the accelerator, the rear wheel

ane?" Josh

through the crack of the open doo

m. The smell of burning rubber and churned earth filled the air. It was

vel of it. His brother, for all his faults, was an exceptional dri

better than anyone. This was her fault. T

t the damage. The car sat there

ear and sped away, fishtailing down the lon

but the lawn was a battlefi

w. He couldn't understand it. The reaction was too extreme. Too

frame, her legs trembling so

't the end. It was