Chapter 30
Groggy and weak, Ryan Jayden tried to stir on a bed in a dark, quiet room. His eyes did not want to open and he drifted between dozing and trying to gain his bearings. His hands were still bound in cuffs, but his legs were free and he remained fully dressed.
Curtains were open to the night sky. Ryan stepped off the bed and tried to find his balance. Too dizzy to stand upright, he collapsed onto the carpet in front of the sliding glass doors. Outside, closely to the right was a three story mansion clad in large stones and stucco. To his left and below was a distant view of a colorful valley of city lights. Ryan recognized the shapes in the skyline as belonging to the world-famous Las Vegas Strip.
Still heaped on the floor, Ryan put his palms on the glass and tried to sl
