. Emilia pressed herself against the door, trying to put as much space as possible between herself and Kno

, heavy and suffocating. She h

t like that. Sterling... he attacked me. He tried

and unforgiving. It was as if she hadn't spoken at a

nd like this. She slid across the seat, grabbing the sleeve of his expensiv

cracking. "We can do a test. I swear to you,

, and he ripped his arm from her grasp with su

e hissed, his

leek manila folder. He threw it into her lap. The folder fell ope

eath h

utside the courthouse. Another showed them leaning close together over a table in a coffee shop, deep in discuss

er, shot from deliberately misleading angle

nding against her ribs. "This is just... it

sharpened, crystallized into something even more dangerous. Without a word, he drew bac

ring pain exploded in her skull, and for a moment, her vision swam in a blur of stars and shadows. Her cheek blazed as if it had been seared

sly low. He leaned in, his face inches from hers. "Are

shout. It was a sudden, brutal movement. He lifted his leg and kick

ed into a tight ball, her arms wrapping around her stomach as a fire of unbearable tormen

he felt a sickening, warm we

or escaped her. "N

in was blooming on the ligh

words garbled by pain and

y stillness. But it was gone as quickly as it appeared, replaced by an even deeper, more profound

m. "To the clinic. Now." His voice was clipp

h her. She was losing her baby. He was letting her lose their baby. The man she had loved, the man she

rked door. Knox got out and yanked her door open, hauling her out of the car wit

ic, he stopped. He reached into his trouser p

her mind foggy with p

the diamond ring they had chosen together. A flawless, cushion-

. His face was twisted into a

y, didn't you?" he said, his voice a c

onto her ring finger. The act was so perverse, so utt

age surged through he

into the back of the hand that held h

grip tightened, the ring cutting into he

king purchase. She felt them connect, tearing through ski

w vanished, replaced by a monster. A murderous light flared in his eyes, and she knew, wi