back into her pocket, steppin

igh heels clicked sharply aga

t from the crowd and clampe

bing Ava's sleeve and dragging h

slamming the glas

g the corner, her fingers t

ballroom at the Plaza for our engag

ar, lifting her voice so e

Paris," Megan continued. "Custom lace, han

p from their laptops, whi

the small table to stare down

ly found shelter yet

ent in Brooklyn," Megan mocked. "Six h

m her screen, mee

n, sh

isting with rage. "How da

d, shu

et, pointing a trembli

rthless

Edison bulb from the table lamp, a

ly between Megan's molars,

t the wall, clutching her c

op went compl

to yank at the smooth glass, bu

icked up her phone,

ed 911, her voice shrie

e vibrated throug

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roze, turning to

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black vehicles pull

hed Phantom, one of one in the wo

ged from the escort cars, lockin

doors of the Ph

epped onto t

ly groomed, and dressed

silent as the group wal

ay, holding a high-resoluti

the stunned crowd, stoppi

m the tablet scre

your brothers. We've c

he counter, her mouth agape

streaming down her neck, the Edison

e bulb, his expressi

too loud,

en paused i

st brother, snort

creased with

ushed past Brenda to escort the whimpe

back to Ava, h

lk," Julian said. "Come with

ging her canvas ba

d my family was

gold-rimmed gla

not know how you felt about the Kensington name.

duce ourselves pro

nsington Corporati

ity professor,"

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ctor," Wy

n," Victor grinned,

pianist," Sila

sional gamer,"

ces from magazine cover

cle was an unemployed pig

red his th

ias said. "Our uncle stepped down from the boar

pigs?"

original livestock facility," Elias replied.

et, and quietly slid her emergenc

rd and pulled Ava in

, then relaxed into his ar

Ava's shoulder as they

said quietly. "She passed away, but

heavy door of th

hief assistant sta

the past twenty years," Julian ordered. "I

CEO," the ass

ed east towar

nsington waited by the stone ent

va's hand

my child," Lawr

a medical orderly rushed

. "The master's condition took a shar

g and ran straight