un stabbed through the floor-t

sat up. Her muscles ached, a sharp reminder o

s was standing in front o

was a mask of cold indifference. It was as if the wild beast fro

ned her mou

et it down. A second later, her old phone on the nightstand chimed with a message. It was a digital tra

. His voice was

celyn's chest tightened with a sharp, humiliating sting. Sh

e on the nightstan

shed across the glass. The buzzing sh

flicked to the mirror, staring at the glowing screen on the

ne. She swiped to answer

d voice barked through the speaker. "Get

tly steady. "I slept over at

" Cam snapped, completel

stepped onto the plush rug barefoot. She picked up h

ked straight past the bed, heading for the massive

ooked

et below. Cam was leaning against the driver's

n's veins. She spun around and walked right

Slowly, she reached up and pulled the collar of her dr

ame is over," he warned. He r

round her fist and yanked hard. Hayes was force

reet scared of his own

upted in H

ipped her waist. He lifted her entirely off

k hit the freezing

the street suddenly f

to look down. "Is this the cheap thr

Cam, completely clueless below them. She refused to back down.

ith brutal force. He pinned her against

. Out of the corner of her eye, Jocelyn saw Cam

She tried to pull back, but Hayes's arm was an iron ba

His eyes scanned the upp

d her eyes shut

ut and slammed his hand against the wall panel. The electron

He was breathing heavily, his chest r

he had made. "Don't ever play these stupid games

ir. She watched him walk out the door. A slow,

p her phone, and ruthlessly deleted the transfer message, blockin

d to the elevator. It was time to go downst