Chapter : A Daughter's Aim

The sound of the sirens clawed at my spine.

Flashing red lights danced across Remy’s face, turning his features monstrous—half man, half ghost. I backed away from him, my eyes locked on the door behind us, now sealed shut like the lid of a coffin.

“She thinks you’re here to kill her.”

Those words echoed louder than the sirens.

Lucien aimed his gun at Remy. “You planned this.”

Remy didn’t flinch. “I prepared her.”

The steel in his voice snapped something inside me.

“You taught my daughter to hate me?” I shouted, stepping forward, fists clenched. “You told her I abandoned her, made me into...