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“I’ a role, and I play it well But I belong in the darkness, truly and utterly I have to pretend to love the sunlight and a regular life because I’m terrified of what I’ll uncover about myself in the darkness”

It took et hold of myself I wanted to rip the phone from his hand Wanted to rip his limbs off, piece by piece

But no, that was not hoas going to play this

I could not show my hand Felix’s face expressed his interest He kneell and good we didn’t accept wos: blood and cash

As much as I trusted Felix, withneeds

And I needed her

In this business, I knew needing a woman was the first step toward destruction

Despite knowing this, knowing this all too fucking well, I looked in Peter’s ruddy brown eyes

“You have a deal”

Sienna

“Pete, this is ru, eyes zeroing in on the nuiven me the address of the venture capitalist firiven ot in the car, but not odd enough to look it up My mind was elsewhere, as it had been for the past week

My mind was on him

And when , I was sure I was hallucinating

Bella

Goose bumps danced across my skin It had to be a coincidence It was a co for him where he wasn’t