Later that evening, after Adrian had insisted on walking her back to her dorm and staying until Claire arrived to take over, Marcus found himself alone in the underground parking lot, leaning against his motorcycle. He had spent the last two hours tracking down every piece of information he could find on Lila Valdez and her friends. He knew exactly who they were, who their families were, and exactly how far they thought their influence reached.
But they had made a fatal mistake.
They had hurt the woman Adrian loved. Worse, they had hurt the woman who was secretly the most powerful leader in the city, the founder of the Silver Lotus, the person everyone—including Claire—answered to.
Marcus pulled out his phone and sent a single, encrypted message to a trusted team within the organization
