ocket. He turned his cold gaze back to Karissa, w

atures into a deceptively calm mask. His voi

is matte-black sports car. "I'll give y

elieved her persistence and sweet demeanor had fina

wed him out of the loud, crowded club, her ruine

enger door. He gestu

e smoothed her white designer dress over her kn

the hood of the car to the driver's side. His

he electronic locks engaged with a heavy, final

gh the chassis, shaking the seats. Karissa gripped her expens

ing, Axel floore

rown violently back into her seat. She let out a startled, breathless shri

he floor. He steered with one hand,

ustrial highway. He dodged a massive, blaring semi-tr

grabbed the leather dashboard with both hands,

rifted the car around a blind corner. The tires sm

didn't lift his foot off the gas. He waited until the last po

lly, tears ruining her perfect makeup. She was entirely conv

system beeped loudly. Jayson's cal

hotel security footage has been fully decrypted

through another sharp corner, throwing Karissa a

ty thousand dollars," Jayson's voice echoed through the car. "They drugged Elea

Karissa's role in the extortion plot.

a sickly, ashen gray. Her breath caught in her throat as she realized her

Eleanora was an innocent victim. She w

rk, suffocating anger, crossed Axel's face. He h

s eyes were completely devoid of any human empathy

foot hard onto th

dred miles an hour to a dead

seatbelt. The sheer physical trauma, combined with the absolute psycho

. She fainted completely, her body slump

with lethal intent. He picked up h

pping with venom. "Send a cleanup cre