k dress with a clean, elegant design. Just as she

d delayed me. Stefan sounded rushed. "So I asked a frie

e. "Stefan, that's unnecessar

see you at the restaurant. Before she

Roselyn took the elevator

lack Maybach was

cle, the driver got out

steppe

he opposite side. The light from a t

expression. An authority that

lone was diffi

ng there was

stoppe

ned to lo

g intense flickered across h

kly that she couldn't be ce

greeted with a

I'm Stefan's cousin. Than

Stefan talks about you often. From what I unde

king, she closed her fingers into her palms. W

life that need to be dealt

vin offered, "If you find yourself need

t the offer felt far more si

he couldn't understand why someone she had o

led into the underground parkin

ut and opened t

feel diminished by comparison. Roselyn

ate dining room where Stefan was already

elyn began to understand the

tment world's most influential figures, someone capable of sha

g rather than speaking. Stefan carried much of

ter, Stefan started talkin

Cunningham, was a legend

The way he said the name was noti

sadness surfaced inside her. "That's

idn't l

e watched her sent a sudd

my life, K

vanished from

came compl

d have killed me, Kevin continued. His gaze remained fixed

e remembered hearing that Arthur had once re

e of that, but he had never

e him, Kevin said. "Meeting you tonight fi

hroat tightened as emotion rose inside her. "That's not necessary. My

made it clear he wasn't open to debate. "If there's e

"Roselyn, do you realize how valuable that offer is?

. There was no trace of pity in his e

ever. Even so, she wanted to hold

the day comes when I have nowhere else to

Kevin's mouth

et her find her own way home and arra

passed in

ide her apartment building, Rosel

her before she could walk awa

caught h

ips, the darkened window rose, and th

st her coat while she remai

body as one thought after a

after everything she had gone through, he was also the