to the mechanism and twisted with a precise, practiced jerk. It was a skill learned the hard way in another life, a

sharp implements. She ignored the axes and the shears. She reached for a spool of high-t

rdroom, ten years from now. Alejandra throwing a file at her face, the pa

ets. She wasn't just going to cut t

She stopped behind a large oak tree and messed up her hair. She rubbed her

to the light o

rs started immediately.

er champagne glass to a sycophant and glided

. "You missed the openi

r hands tremble visibly. "I'm sorry,

ctly what she wanted. Weakness. Submission. She lean

red. "Meet me at the old overlook in the ravine. Fifteen minutes. D

e kept her breathing shallow, mimi

t was more of a slap than a caress. She turn

ck was turned, Jane's posture straightened. The fear

rough the side door near the kitchen and made a beeline for the guest powde

felt around the back of the P-trap until her finge

lby's emergency stash. Jane knew about it because in her previous life, she was the one

l and used the bottom of a heavy glass soap dispenser to crush them into a fine

the door an

lammed i

it, b

t unbuttoned halfway down his chest. He grabbed Jane's arm, his fi

g, little basta

sy. A quick twist. A crushed windpipe. She

Kolby.

it the wall hard. "Get out o

the bathroom she

e corner, she stopped. She brushed the spot on her a

d her watc

up her prank. Jane had to get there first. She slipped out th

black tracksuit vanish into the woods. He took a sip of his drink. The ice clinked against the crys