sed coffin. The sound of her fingernails frantically scratching ag

's security chief back to reality. He yanked his

rged out from the edges of the lawn. They sprin

scrambled backward, desperate

shing at her. Memories flashed behind her eyes-these same men dragging

to ice. Her mus

lunged, his thick hands aiming for

In a blur of motion, she grabbed his extended wrist. Using Krav Maga prin

crack rang out.

al howl and collapsed to his k

around and smashed the hard plastic directly into the face of the second gua

led out expandable steel batons, their eyes wide with

rd. He aimed the taser directly at Evelin

ut your hands on your he

slowly pulled the black veil and hat fro

ecurity chief's eyes. A cruel,

ugh for the guards to hear. She o

l remember the exact inventory of the vintage Lafite that went mi

all color. The taser in h

baton on her left. "Your wife would be devastated if she ever

loan sharks from Chinatown are notoriously im

e estate's internal network, reading their emails, trac

you take one more step toward me, all the evidence goes

t. The only sound was Aspen's

nto raw, suffocating fear. They were paid to protect the

d the taser. He reached up, loosened his tie, and took

d their batons. They backed away, treating Evelina like a

d the massive front doors of the mansion,