na's

, the terrified business partner han

so badly he ne

d turned my back on

r for a Swiss bank. The moment it connected, I rapidly punched in a complex s

picked up on

-ten times the compensation amount-delivered

placed the phone fac

he wall clock ticked

and suffocating, the

t, Lola had reached a dan

s, suspecting that I was merely stalling for time. She

and legs so this

on me with his men, their hands reac

a simple gesture that fr

ing ten minutes

ng authority that didn't come from the civilian facade

e money wo

a blood oath tinged with madness, pus

ly, "I will get on my knees, eat raw m

ose, you will

wait to accept the terms, demanding that everyone i

pation settled ov

ull of expectation, waiting to witn

and the heavy oak doors

any longer. He swaggered over to m

d my nails left four deep, blo

gaze screaming a promise

artily, shrugging off th

d if he could claim me as hi

whiskey, the silver lighter in

was destined to fail anyway, anyone in

the men began to close in, trappin

eached out, touching

nd icy, echoing as if

touch me," I warned in a near-whisper,

men to hold me down so the sleazy

ghly grabbing my wrists and pinnin

ssio, my heart

ng that the only thing he cared ab

der. He grabbed the collar of my silk dress, hooking h

king and twisting, desperately trying to

louder, more sadistic cheer

ing, just for o

ce to memory, marking them with t

viciously

e shrieked. "St

ant doors were violently blown open amidst a sho

nd smashed into the ice bucket behind her, splashin

rs in black suits flooded into

t; it was a harvest. The sharp cracks of snapping bones min

they stood, groaning in agony.

city's largest underground bank-stepped through the

h the sea of wounded men,

inches from the

angled inward, and her knees dropped

es hit the ground

head in abso

ena, please forgiv