CHAPTER 36: THE TRUTH BENEATH THE ASHES
For one suspended moment, nobody moved. Rain crashed violently against the broken warehouse windows while the tension inside the hallway tightened into something almost unbearable. Sebastian stood in front of Daniel Mercer instinctively, his body angled slightly toward Adrian Cross and the armed men behind him. Every survival instinct he possessed sharpened at once. Adrian, however, looked perfectly calm, as though he had simply arrived at a late business meeting instead of cornering a man inside an abandoned warehouse in the middle of the night. That composure made him terrifying. Men who enjoyed chaos usually revealed themselves quickly. Men like Adrian hid inside control. “You shouldn’t have come here,” Adrian said quietly, his voice carrying eas
