~VALENTINA MONROE~

To my surprise, Kael kept to his arrangement with Bill and gave me two days off. No one came knocking at my door to tell me he'd changed his mind, and no one dragged me downstairs to entertain another client. For two entire days, I'd been left alone.

I should have been relieved. Instead, I found myself growing uneasy with every passing hour. I found it suspicious that he had suddenly grown ignorant of my existence now that I was finally within his reach after searching for me for years to exact his revenge. It felt like he was deliberately keeping me in suspense before doing something outrageous....