Lanaya

in the tunne

back and slapped Maveric

ncrete. Her palm burned. Hi

yes had gone completely black. The red mark of her handprint

is voice was a l

onster," Lan

busine

usiness. This

inst the wall. "If the foundation goes under, everything Crew built dies with it. The y

re i

Tomorrow morn

She needed distance before the heavy cedar-l

ign your contract. I will smile for the cameras. But if you think f

t it to chan

oo

ing, Huntress.

d against the wall, her legs shaking. She raised her trembl

o the boy who let

elt like a

n empire. Floor-to-ceiling windows, dead air, no pict

a weapon while two corporate lawyers slid a

t," the lead lawyer said. "Cohabitation is mandatory. Yo

ore out of her.

ly shut down. "A fake engagement looks fake if we live in s

om and snatched the c

mach pl

e twelve-month term. Failure to comply will result in immediate termination of the merger agree

e paper as if

eed to t

yes cracked, revealing that same dark, starving i

f I re

ation is gone i

silver pen. A ch

ed his, and the violent spark of electricity tha

so hard the pen to

You have your fake f

into his suit pocket, pul

qui

pped i

linding cut set in platinum. Heavy,

our hand,"

ut it on

your ha

nd hers. The heat of his skin was a shocking contrast to the cold metal. He held her firmly,

t per

iar. Like something that had been mea

ere she hadn't let i

ad since torn down. Late October, the ice still rough from the first freeze,

in the center, showing off for no one in

shouted, and immediatel

hard she had to

. His voice had just started to change that

hat," Crew annou

his crossovers, unbothered, still grinning. That was the thing about Crew. He filled every silenc

Maverick stopped beside Lanaya at

ment. When she did, he was already looking

and he had the look of someone who had just understood someth

row," he said finally.

s a stupid thing to say, a

pushed off the boards and skated away, and Lanaya told herse

t three years tel

e summe

there was nothing left

ck Street. Nothing like any version of them that had ever been safe. She became aware that Maverick's

d, packing up his briefcase. "W

eft. The door

e weight of it anchoring her to a

e dropping to a dangerous rasp. "You

was fourteen again, and the ice was rough, and the s

rs. I will ne

gers wrapped around the back of her neck, his

whispered, his gaze dropping to her mouth.