lia

dy tumbled through the air, her scr

w, instinctual cry. He lunge

till and watched the chaos she had

on of a second too late. He managed to grab her and pull h

sn't

se. Blake's own arm, the one he used to deflect her, slam

pieces. Sophie collapsed into Blake's arms, a thin line of blood tr

f color. His right arm hung at an unnatural angle, and dark

a the nurse was a s

the blood on her forehead as if she'd been mortally

heer audacity. I hadn't l

pain. He looked up at me, his eyes filled

ou not caused e

n ask. He jus

ian, Dr. Shaw, rushed in, and the of

ore his eyes fell on Blake's arm. His expression grew grim. "Mr. Sterling, I

, Blake," she sobbed, clinging to him. "You were

Rick, arrived, his face t

re next week! A broken arm cou

ears only. "Worse, her family is one of the team's biggest sponsors. If they hea

s it. Sophie wasn't just an ex

lder, harder. He looked at

de his

py with pain but absolute in its

ed. I couldn't ha

," he repe

manipulative woman crying in his embrace. A w

ordered to apologize to the person who

y no?" My vo

arm, his expression saying everything: I got

s assistant. "Find out where Maria's husband

ooked from Blake's merciless f

d. It was a

ze, he would destro

k abyss. Against this kind of