The news alert glowed on my screen like a death sentence.
Fire reported at 612 The Forge luxury apartments. Apartment 612. Jace's apartment. The sirens that had been distant a moment ago were screaming now, tearing through the night, heading straight for the building where I'd sat on a leather couch and bandaged his cheek and watched his walls crack open just enough to let me see inside.
"Sophie." Marcus grabbed my shoulders. His voice was urgent but steady. "What does it say? What's happening?"
I couldn't speak. The words were stuck in my throat like broken glass. Gregory's voice was still echoing in my head—now I'm going to teach you a lesson you won't forget—and suddenly everything made terrible, horrifying sense. He hadn't just threatened me. He'd gone after his own son.
"We have t
