Blaze watched from the shadows as Maya emerged from the Blue Coat headquarters with Carley. He couldn't help the way his gaze was drawn to her. Even as exhausted as she looked, she was still stunning. It made him ache for the days he had woken up beside her in the evening light. When they had first met in one of the dance clubs, it had been as if a spotlight shone down upon her, causing all else to fade into the background.
Yes, the meeting had been prearranged by someone else, but nothing about her had been planned. She had taken his world by storm. The moment he touched her, he became undone in the most bitter-sweet way imaginable. There was nothing he wouldn't have done for her, nothing including sacrifice his heart, and that was exactly what he had done three years ago. He had destroy
