ven giving her a glance. His entire focus was on Aurelia, who was no

aw concern Cleone had never, ever heard directed at herself. He knel

What the hell do you think you're doing?" he snarled, his voic

eon

a response, a sharp voice

on, we need to see the client right now." Sloane strode over from the opposite end of

the wheelchair around the corner

in the ribs for the second time tha

twenties sat propped against thin hospital pillows, his fa

egal training kicking in like a long-dorman

ke, the deeper the cold

nd-same hair, same build, same way of tilting her head when she looked at her phone. He'd appr

on, a man had appeared out of nowhere a

he was discharged from the hospital

g, no exp

complaint and tried to evict him. His s

arked outside his

r: leave the city, o

te the dread coiling in her chest, "this

er. "Graves Mills. The woman I mistook for my girlfriend... her name is Aur

ety. "And after all this happened... my girlfriend d

ike a second slap. Gr

statement settle in the sterile air between them. "Three years ago, when Aurelia Alvarez's car accident left her in a coma, th

rden inside her chest. This wasn't just about her broken marriage anymore. This was about a man whose l

said, her voice quiet but a