Sante grinned. “Nah, no one knows I’m gone. It’ll be fine. Come on.” I followed him to his car, preferring not to mess with getting a cab at that hour. He dropped me at my new building, promising to come by soon for a guided tour of my new place. The lobby was empty except for the security guard stationed at the front desk. I used the key card Conner had given me to get to the thirtieth floor and punched in the access code to the apartment. Once inside, my veins filled with ice at the sight of Conner sitting in the living room waiting for me, a murderous glint in his eyes and blood splattered across his chest. www.ajpdf.com “I TOLD YOU TO STAY HERE. I TOLD YOU NOT TO LEAVE WITHOUT ONE OF MY men or me. You didn’t call. You didn’t text. You just … disappeared.” Conner downed the last of the

