Darkness.
That was all Alice knew.
Darkness...
...and the steady rocking beneath her.
She tried to move.
Pain shot through her arms.
Her wrists.
She frowned.
Rope.
She was tied up.
Slowly, she forced her eyes open.
Everything was blurry at first.
The inside of a black SUV came into focus.
Rain tapped against the windows.
The moon had disappeared behind thick clouds.
Alice blinked several times before she realized Damien was sitting across from her.
He looked up from the folder in his hands and smiled.
"Good. You're awake."
Alice groaned.
"My head feels like I got hit by a bus."
"You were tranquilized."
"That explains a lot."
She looked down.
Her wrists were bound with silver rope.
The Moonstone necklace was gone.
Panic surged through her.
"My necklace."
Damien fo
