The Explosion Stefan's POV- I tightened my fingers on the steering wheel, my knuckles white. The cracks in the fractured glass of the windshield were a vivid reminder of the ambush from behind that had almost taken me out. The taillights on the black SUV had disappeared into the Seryne night, and my pulse hammered, while my mind raced. I muttered a curse, not only at the hired muscle who’d taken a shot at me but at, well, me. I’d rushed to Clawford Corporation on instinct, compelled by a nagging need to protect Valenticia after Carter’s call about her strange login. That alert had put me in danger. Stefan Myles is a man who never acted without a master plan. I pictured her defiance at the gala. She was a liability. Back at New Dream Corporation, I burst into my office, Carter was

