CHAPTER 22
The Innocence and Malice
Rory’s mind was screaming. How? How had he rigged the lottery? How had he gotten his name—or his daughter’s—onto a list that was supposedly unhackable?
But as she looked at Lily-Grace’s innocent, beaming face, she realized the gift he had sent was not just a metronome. It was a warning. He was not just watching her; he was bringing his world into hers, using a five-year-old girl in a pink and lilac dress as the ultimate Trojan horse.
Lily-Grace was barely five years old, a miniature masterpiece of soft features and bright curiosity. She was dressed in a shimmering, tiered tulle dress that shifted between iridescent pink and soft lilac with every movement. She wore a tiny matching bow in her light blonde hair, and her eyes—a brighter and absolutely w
