ripped the silver spoon. He scooped up a portion of th

ut the slightest disruption, though the disgust and murderous intent in his eyes deepened. The icy, fishy taste w

chest. She watched him with dead eyes. There was n

rk and threatening, silently daring h

her index finger against the

he only sound was the mechanical, forced chewing

poon scraped against the

dish away so hard it clatte

outh with brutal force. "Sign it," h

the paper and signed her elegant, looping s

o him. She picked up the trust fund

first thing tomorrow mornin

oward the grand stairca

sharp spike of irritation flared in his chest, bu

the estate wa

ge of the massive King-size

throbbed with a relentless, burning rhythm. A single tear slip

ter, the bedroom

diating the freezing

he far right edge of the bed. The physical dista

um of the central air conditioning. The tens

seafood. He clenched his jaw, forcing his breat

thing. She closed her eyes and turned h

l. A rare, violent Long Island

dows. Lightning flashed, casting harsh,

al sickness, both of them finally sl

of ball lightning struck the main tra

black. A bizarre, heavy static charge flooded the

sation of weightlessness hit her, as if her very con

on's large body jerked with a s

hing patterns slowly synchronized, r

n. The estate's backup generator k

through the gap in the heavy blackout curtains