a sat in silence, staring out the window as the city li

ly lead I've h

n't involved in whatever mystery surrounded her disappearance. Yet the way Damien had looked a

kitchen counter, kicked off her heels, and immediately poured herself a glass of wine. The

up, half expecting another cryptic message from

d details. NOW. Call me back, or I'm showing up a

ed Lily back, barely waiting for her to say

y head," Alexandra said,

Tall, Dark, and Broody

ng fiancée, Lily. Missing. As in vani

long pause.

ing a hand through her hair. "But I saw the

x, this isn't your problem. You're not Elena Grey, and

hair. "But what if he's right? What if the

ou secretly adopt

ollow. She had always felt secure in her iden

lot with your business struggling. Maybe this is just a distract

d, though she wasn't

-

o every detail as a way to distract herself. But even as she buried herself in flora

more. She pulled up her laptop and began s

about her disappearance and Damien's subsequent media silence. But as s

ic Appearance o

together. Elena was wearing a flowing red dress, her dark hair cascading over her shoulder

ndant, shaped like

inst her skin. It had been a gift from her mother, given to her on her s

in, this time with a

* Meeting

ssa

xan

g important with you. Come

re it, to walk away from whatever rabbit hole Damien was dragging

eded a

thouse, her pulse racing as the elevator doors opened.

id, gesturing for her to foll

e," Alexandra replied, her voi

omment. Instead, he handed her a glas

ou the other night," Damien began, his ton

'm not her, Damien. I don't know her, and I certai

mething from his pocket. He placed it on the

er crescent

ppeared," Damien said, his voice low. "It w

ce trembling. She reached for her own neckla

lexandra," Damien said, his gaze pi

he said, shaking her head. "Sh

. Her mother had always been vague about where the neckla

and," she said, her voic

tted. "But I think the answ

through the penthouse. Both of them turned toward the window, where t

ng Alexandra and pulling her to th

ody. The man disappeared as quickly as he had appeared, leaving be

hers, his face inc

a anymore," he said, his vo