or creaked op

a porcelain teapot and two folded towels. With a flick of

dim glow of the distant garden lights filt

fell loosely around her shoulders, and her amber ey

t in the shadows with a stilln

ttress, the screen of the sleek blac

drone had detected a second heat signature entering the west wing s

m. Say the word, Kiddo, and my men will sc

ushed her thumb across the screen in t

My prey.

the four words on his tablet. A low, indulgent chuckle rumbled in his chest. Even

int ordered his assistant, his gr

d her arms over her silk nightgown. With Javen and Eugenia out of sight, Brook dropped

ng room, Brook felt all her earli

rine? Right now, Alison was sitting in a damp storage ro

anger's house," Brook said in a quiet, mockin

bluffing with a few lucky guesses about my past. Did you really t

sted her elbows on her knees, watching

k lifted her chin arrogantly, pressing her ad

h society works," Brook said, he

've been the only daughter of the Calhoun family. Mother adores

with their endorsement, I'm a shoo-in for Columbia University. Wh

Brook pulled out a thick envelope of cash a

bottle of water," Brook said with a self-righteous smile. "There's ten thous

the envelope, then looked

ousand dollars?" Alison asked, her vo

lf-righteous mind, she had Alison completely figured out--just another vain, greedy girl who

know your place," Br

tomorrow, don't try to get close to Grandmother

y every month. Otherwise, I only need to shed two tears in front of J

the cold room fo

od up barefoot f

oward the wooden desk, the suffocating hostility in her sleep

y, expecting Alison to eager

picked up the thick envelope of ten thousand dollars,

on dropped the entire envelope of cash s

la

f the pot, soaking the crisp h

k. "Are you insane?! That's

p clack and stepped right into Brook's personal space, forcing Br

on murmured, looking down at Brook with icy amusement. "Your whole world

her raspy voice cutting throug

un name? Listen carefully, Miss Gallagher--your entire

son's terrifying gaze. Yet her deep-rooted arrogance an

r head, her jealousy and anger overriding her fear. How could a broke girl from Pine

ok sidestepped past the desk and lunged toward the iron bed--re