With years of practice, he nimbly slid the photo beneath a stack of folders, sat back in his chair and summoned the intruder inside. It only took one look into flush-faced guard to have him out of his seat again. “What happened? Panting, the guard jerked a thumb over his shoulder. “Sir, Your da...
I came up against the wall, never once realizing I was backing away, as if distance could somehow make what he was saying less true, less horrifying. “No! That’s crazy… I’m not… Stop it! Why are you saying these things? Why are you making up such lies? What… Do you think you’re funny?” Isaiah sig...
It was the persistent scuffling, the insistent thump, thump, thump, stop, pivot, repeat, that had her lashes prying open. She squinted at the sharp splinters of light cutting through the sheer curtains just above her head. They spilled in boards across the bed and over the dark wood paneling the ...
Ana had never watched her clock so closely, any closer and she was afraid it would file for harassment charges against her. But she couldn’t get Rafe’s battered face out of her mind. She couldn’t stop seeing the blood dripping down his chin and the dark circle forming around his eye. Her father h...