s heart leaped into her throat. Her knuck

voice trembling from cold a

w chuckle, as if he'd been expecting her call

ace burn. "You have my bracelet,"

lazy, taunting. "Where are you?

k, at the lone suitcase by her feet. The sh

e told him

ing?" he ask

give me an address. I'

ll me where you are." This time, it

and her desperation. Reality won.

't move," Blaise

ve of uncertainty washing over her. Would h

screeched to a halt on the street beside the park,

He was wearing just a black t-shirt and jeans, completely

e distance to her bench. He moved with an predatory

t, pulling her suitcase in

shadow cast by the dim stre

o her neck. The red marks from Jace's f

ayful smirk vanished, replaced by a chilling stilln

s a low growl, the sound a pre

nor startled her. She instinc

none of your business," she said, he

ched out, his fingers aiming

lapping his hand away with a f

e he let it drop. He said nothing. He sim

as leaving. "My bracelet!" she

r door, then looked back at her, jerki

d I get in your car? I

e between them in two strides, grabbed her

med, struggling against h

immensely strong. He practically

r shut, circled the car with terrifying speed, and slid into the dr

as tr

with fury. "Blaise Hawthorne, what

ntley smoothly into traffic. He reached into the back, to

ce infuriatingly calm. "I'm taking you

e of protection. It sounded l