The sound of raised voices drew Natalie back into the lobby almost against her will. She had only just been retreating to lick her wounds in private, but the moment she rounded the corner and saw what was unfolding, every personal feeling she had been nursing was pushed aside.
Lance Ford and Justin Pierce were standing in a loose half-circle around Issac, their men spread out behind them in a way that left no room for misinterpretation. The atmosphere in the front hall had gone taut as a drawn wire.
"What's going on here?" Natalie called out as she hurried over, her heels striking sharply against the marble floor.
Lily Ford's head snapped toward her, and her voice came out in a furious rush. "This shameless Scoundrel worked with the Parasite King of the Southern Frontier. They kidn*pped
