s Point

han a year now sin

a Mo

once made whisper

moment she lost everything beneath me. She wore her badge like armor, her tone cool and professional, but I saw right through it. Her hand

le; she recollec

ere was the burning pit through which I knew she saw the back of me. I longed for her to view my departure. I want

she was not goi

blacked out by the lot's edge, engine humming quietly, idling in anticipation. Leo waited b

ap anything you see," he said with a careless rema

window and watched the sheen of station lig

ope?" I asked after a l

d it off at the brunette

d, fussing with the cuff on my sleeve. "Best fr

ftly. "You did

Elena. She is, theref

enough to know when to stay quiet. Loyalty was

re if she's on duty or soaking in her dumb bathtub. I want to know

in his seat. "And if she

won

the captain, Dom. Her guys are bright and they'r

"Then don't give them

the hell this has to

do with the case," I

ted. "N

whispered to myself rather

is a threat. She is a cop; she can spin that into a dozen charges."

hed on until he did talk, but slowly this time. "You

bout anyone," I

t a single hint of amusement in it. "Tha

And I knew it when she stepped into Suzanne's Bar-tight black pants, hair messy in a bun, drinking whiskey as if she were choking pain I'd never see. I don't question her; she doesn't answer. But her eyes

name on a document-Captain Elena Monroe, O

about revenge; it

a didn't know about that night

cold voice again. "How's ou

e. One of Monroe's men-Michael-has started

ael.

book kind of man. Always to the letter. I despis

f he goes out of bounds, mak

ntly to continue. "Dom.

ppeared in our rearview. "She violated her own rules that n

that answer. But he

silence until my phone

FROM ELEN

d at the

er. "Something

locking the phone. "Bu

amiliar. "She is definitely not the same girl from that

n-low, then she's in for a surprise. Because Dominic

phone

r at me, jaw clenched. "We've

even blin

ys tried taking more than their agreed share-two crates went 'missing'

es na

reathe long enough

re was steel behind it. "Thoug

the door. "They must be new. No one who's worked un

ed." Leo's voice was carefu

't the kind of smile

s city," I said, voice cold and sharp. "Set up a m

once. "Un

If anyone-rookie or veteran-thought

o find out just h