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.

shirt someone had brought him, but dried blood remained beneath one thumbnail.
I sat across from him.
The kitchen contained a round table, two chipped mugs, and a refrigerator humming loudly enough to fill every silence.
Tell me about the Bellwether.
Dante folded his hands.
Two years earlier, I had worked as the night accountant at the Bellwether Hotel continue reading …