ors long after Angelena had left. He rubbed his temp

t his shoulder. As Fabian adjusted his grip, a faint, in

is breath caugh

ce from that night in the hotel five years ago.

Fabian commanded, his voice tight. "Find out if she has any backgrou

door to her high-end Upper East Side

e living room, hopped onto the desk chair, and flipped open a sleek laptop. Her small

y grid," Brigida announced. "I'm g

gh. She walked over and gently closed the laptop screen. "No hacking

. She pouted her lips. "But Mommy, that mean man.

night flashed behind her eyes. She pushed it down instantly. "Your fa

ked twice before entering the sprawling, glass-walled CE

. His frown deepened w

r of a biotech firm. Lived abroad for the last five yea

records from five years ago. Her background is heavily encrypted, but it's sloppy-like a cheap shell game desi

forming on his lips. "She's a pawn. A corporate plan

inal childhood friend and the woman his grandmother desperately wanted him to marry,

na's photo. A flash of pure, venomous panic crossed her eyes

a hand over her chest. "Fabian

his eyes narrowi

know her. She was kicked out of her family five years ago. The rumors... well, t

t interfere in my business." He dismissed her with a wave of his hand. Arle

her apartment. She was mixing a new batch of calming essential oils, but h

cking over a glass beaker. Why did she

it up on the counter. It was a message

looking for 'Angel'. They are tr

oved to her multi-monitor setup. Her fingers danced acros

t was coming directly from th

rofile. He was hunting for the legendary und

instantly generating a dozen ghost IP addresses, bouncing her location si

haos erupted inside

spiked to 104 degrees. He thrashed vio

chmond, his fever isn't responding to any medication. We need to h

fer. Suddenly, the memory of Angelena pressing her fingers into Leland's stom

gerous spy. But the desperate ter

is phone. "Alex

garage of her office building. Before she could even put the car in par

stepped out. One yanked

rity and desperate pleading. "You need to come with us to the Richmo

ll the police. But the words "febrile seizure" hit her hard. The i

s set in stone as she stepped out of her car and into the back of the R