" Sarah said, her voice steady.

o what are you doing in that f

e sn

d," Sarah s

ossed Mark' s face, quic

"To whom? The night

d someone desperate enough, Sarah? Or

hter was s

ored thei

te chain around her neck,

out the pla

ed by Julian. Small, elegant, but wi

signia – discreet, almost invisible to the untrained eye, but insta

Vance," Sarah said, he

p the lock

nd, there

the locket, t

urst out

laugh that drew e

ed, her laughter hig

en laughs. "You? Married to Julian Va

rk's arm as if for support from the sheer absurd

Vance will impress me? Or scare me? He' s a man I respect, someone I'

pretending you' ve landed someone important? Or are you trying to sabot

re now openly st

d Julian

he in

en looks

flinch. "It

th rage. "You' re a liar and a fantasi

ged fo

ot out and grabbed her arm, his finge

nd spread your lies?" he snarl

nd snatched

see this

yanked the chain. P

, sto

, twisting the locket in his fi

er arm tighte

n everything for me

's trying to cause a sce

what he saw as her blatant, ins

ved he

itting a serving troll

e floor with a d

le

, ch

security guard shouted,

man! She' s harassing me! She' s delusional, claim

he assaulted Ma

. Her neck throbbed where he' d pulled th

r arm again, ro

yes blazing. "We're not done with you. You're

ervice corridor, Chloe following cl

rah protested, but

ala," Mark said, a cruel twist to his lips. "Then we'l

heavy door into a dimly

ling of stale food a

ehind them, plunging Sa

key turn i

ap