said, his voice t

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lated copies on our private encrypted drive. Not a single fra

ad and vanished through the foyer, pullin

cooped Gisela up into his arms once more, and carried her straight past the liv

ished chrome. Coleman placed her gently onto the edge of the vanity counter,

rmission, he dropped

his large, warm hands wrap

" he comman

his palm. With surgical precision, he sliced through the blood-crusted silk ribbons of her ruined sho

el was swollen into a dark, angry plum color, and the skin alo

ood out like cables. He reached for a pressur

ng to sting,

th, her fingers instinctively digging into his broad shoulders for s

raction as his thumbs rhythmically stroked the uninjured arch of her foot, app

g her forehead against his shoulder, letting the scent of his sk

The sheer vulnerability of her, combined with the unyielding steel in her spine, was a lethal combinati

e knee, looking up at her from beneath dark, heavy brows. "My physician will meet us at City Hal

rnished, bloodstained USASOC button, and pressed it ba

was pouring rain. You were on crutches. You knelt in the mud in front of a nine-year-old girl, pressed this button into my

indu Kush-the screaming rotors, the smoke, Arthur's dying grasp pushing hi

he rasped, ope

e. Give me the authority of the Cox family. Let me walk into City Hall-and then into what

ips brushing the corne

personal wealth upon dissolution. All I want is the power to strip Cristine Avery of every

at her. Reall

fiery spirit of his daughter. But deeper than that, beneath the veneer of duty and vengean

. In secret. In s

a respectable civilian and live a safe, sheltered life. But that civilian had tur

voice dropped an octave,

e back of her neck, his thumb tracing the

my name, wage a war, and simply walk aw

t at the sudden, dark shift in his d

touched. "There is only unconditional surrender. If you become my wife, you are mine. You

ty coursed through Gisela'

ea

posing height. He pulled out his satellite p

whip. "Wake up the senior partners of our Delaware trust division. I

bal's chief legal counsel spluttered i

ent irrevocable beneficiary rights to the Zeus Global Offshore Family Trust. Unrestricted access to the

Sir, that's... that's billions of

he penthouse, and contact the Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court. Tell him to op