t of the chandelier, flashing like a tiny

er body naturally coiled, ready to execute a perfect, minimal-effort dodge to the left. She

t her weight, the heavy o

road figure in a black suit cut across the marble f

d directly in

His long, powerful fingers snapped shut

harp metal tip scraped violently across the crystal face of the custom watch strapp

sideways. It slammed hard into a tall wo

sat a massive, blue-and

edestal. The vase plumm

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tered into a thousand piec

d into a dead, h

er. The scent of expensive agarwood and cold rain filled her lungs. Her heart skipped a beat.

wered his arm. He

straight across the fa

Donovan's eyes turned pitch-black, ra

He saw the shattered pieces of his prized Ming

d saw Donovan Suarez standin

d. The blood drained from his fa

n't realized who had just walked

a finger down at Celina. "You dodged it! Y

en loved that vase. She immed

ou walked in!" Elvie yelled, trying

pretending to cry. "Sis

r chest. She looked at the three of them, her ey

owly turne

second floor. He l

id of human empathy, that it looked

breath caught in his throat. A

ce Warren and Elvie. A cruel,

n vase. He slowly raised hi

the glass of his wat

umble that vibrated in the chest of everyone in the roo

dropped li

llapsed onto his knees on the marbl