Chapter 6The pain hit an instant before awareness did—a slow, pounding ache spreading across his skull. Adam struggled to move his head, far too heavy to lift. He gagged as the unpleasant taste of bile burned, causing him to sputter and cough. In desperate need of water, his throat bone dry with thirst. Adam tried to search within his awakening memory for what had transpired. And for a blissful instant, assumed he was waking up with one hell of a nightmare hangover.
Adam dragged his eyes open, testing out limbs that declined to cooperate, unable to move a muscle. Horrified, he came awake with a frightful start. His body snapped forward, and he was astonished to find himself handcuffed to a chair bolted to the floor, still dressed in his tux. He jerked against his constraints, crying out a
