Chapter 1: The Weight of Two Worlds Thunder cracked across the Manhattan skyline like a gunshot. Rain hammered the roof of the black Maybach as it crawled through flooded streets....
Part One: The Heartbeat Beneath the Silence The heart monitor flatlined. A single piercing, unbroken scream tore through the sterile walls of Chicago’s Memorial Hospital, and every nurse in the...
PART ONE: THE WEAPON Friday Night, 7:15 PM “Are you stupid or just lazy?” Gregory Stone’s voice detonated across Sterling’s dining room like a grenade in a library. Crystal chandeliers...
Part 1: The Weight of Silence The cigarette had died between his fingers ten minutes ago. Reaper didn’t notice. The cold had seeped through his leather vest, turned the tip...
Part One: The Confession The champagne flute was warm in Nathan’s hand, the bubbles long dead. He had been standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows for twenty-three minutes, counting the crystal...
PART I: THE GHOST IN THE BALLROOM Blood roaring in his ears, Liam stared at the ugly mottled tapestry of purple and yellow blooming across her pale skin. The collar...
Part One: The Gilded Cage The cameras never stopped flashing, capturing each forced smile, each glint of diamonds, each calculated handshake. At the center of it all was a man...
Chapter One: A Sandwich and a Silence The number 47 bus lurched to a halt at 6:28 a.m., and Aaliyah Cooper stepped onto the cracked sidewalk like she did every...
Part One: The Boy Who Spoke With His Hands The wrench slipped. Wesley Parker watched blood well up from a fresh cut across his knuckles, dark droplets falling onto the...
The first thing Lena saw was a man’s shoe lying on its side in the hallway. It was polished black leather, the kind Trevor liked, except Trevor never left his...