INKA Kane stood on the other side of the gate, leaning casually against one of the stone pillars and laughing with one of the Owls—a tall woman with short-cropped hair. What was he doing here? Riley had stated that he was visiting his uncle in San Diego. I opened my mouth to call out to him and took a step closer when I noticed movement near a black car parked on the opposite side of the street. Someone had bent over to load something into the back passenger seat, and my heart stuttered when they straightened up and turned around with a familiar, cocky grin... Viper. My voice froze in my throat as I remembered him from the club run Kayde took me on the previous weekend. Blade had claimed that Viper was the one who made a big deal about my presence there. I later learned that he was know

