The floor rose toward me. Dante caught me before my knees struck the tile. I fought him with every fragment of strength left in my body.The floor rose toward me. Dante caught me before my knees struck the tile. I fought him with every fragment of strength left in my body.

phone.
Mrs. Alvarez stood.
She wrapped Lily in the yellow-duck blanket and followed him into the corridor.
A second man appeared behind her.
He wore the black uniform of Dante’s security team.
Marco froze the image.
That is Nolan Pierce.
Dante’s jaw tightened.
One of yours? I asked.
Seven years.
Marco sounded as though the betrayal had physically wounded him.continue reading …