Chapter 10:
*7:44am. 60th Floor. Blackwood Tower.*
Knock. Three times.
“Damien? It’s me. Let me in. Before Vanessa’s people find me first.”
Damien didn’t move. “Elena died. I buried her. I picked the casket.”
My heart hammered. Elena Blackwood. His sister. Died in car crash 3 years ago, same week he rejected me.
Now she was at the door. Alive.
Damien unlocked it.
Girl stood there. 22. Damien’s eyes. Scar down left cheek. Hair shaved one side. Black cargo pants, blood on sleeve. Not hers.
She pulled necklace from under shirt. Blackwood crest. Twisted it open. Tiny photo inside: her, Damien, dad at lake.
Damien grabbed her. Fierce. Desperate. “I buried you.”
“You buried a decoy,” Elena pulled back. “Dad found out Vanessa’s father planned hit on me. To control you. So Dad faked my
