d the chaos unfold on the tablet in his lap. The screen showed a live feed
hrough Casimiro's earpiece.
ped bre
oor, weeping and clutching her knee. Her two hired go
center of the storm
y in the front. The one with the me
p, straight at C
een punched in the gut. The
se
t him from the mirror every morning. The shape of the brow, the stubborn s
warp, slowing d
"Casimiro! Help me! These monsters atta
nuckles white as he gripped the tablet. He watched as Casimiro, following silent orders, step
He held his ground, c
ered over the child, but the boy didn'
is voice a neutral vessel for the qu
bear," Blace said. His voice
little girl. She was clutching a dirty bear,
Archibald's chest. A
wrong
stroom door
ay from
r hair wild, water dripping from her chin. She saw the
Phantom waiting at the curb. The windows were tinted black, but she could feel a gaze from within, cold and heavy, pinning her in pl
d absolute, flo
iro and the kids, spreading her arms wide. "Tell
f she had screamed directly at him.
howed a soft, pampered socialite. This woman was thin, her clothes were wo
did she look at his car with such fear? And why did her terrified face stir a me
ing shallow and fast. She was looking at Casimiro, b
, trying to de-escalate. "Mr.
idn't hear it, but the microphone on his lapel picked it
ze. What did
ainst the wall. "She's insan
is hand outstretched. "Ma'am, p
He saw the fear in her eyes. H
, crude remote control he had assembled from a garage door opener.
slapped onto the front tire's valve stem during the fire panic-a device conta
Just a sudden, vi
y in under a second, the heavy car slamming down onto its rims with a metallic cru
amed at the sudden, violent noise and
ard in his seat by the su
, everyone w
hesitate. She
reamed to the
he ensuing panic. He stared at the black screen. The car alarm was a shr
ne. Headed for the parking garage. The woman... she looks terrified of you. Truly te
er. He could still see the boy's eyes. His eyes. And
sweep her up, force a signature, and banish her. Instead, his car was disabled, his name
ming a new, dangerous strategy in his mind. "She sees a monster in a
your ord
o a low, determined growl. "But do it quietly. I
o the one place she thinks I'll never look: the bottom.
Find out where they land. Then, secure the apartment next door. Or above. Or below
ir?" Casimiro s
won't talk to the billionaire, maybe she'll talk to the neighbor. Find me a shell. Call him
s sat in the ruins of his perfect car, he knew it was the only mo
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