Chapter 62

Gradel

Getting to Los Angeles late in the evening didn't stop me from calling for a meeting at the hotel I'd lodged into. My heart churned with guilt at the way I left Iris, but I pushed the unwanted feelings aside and prepared for the meeting.

My phone beeped and quickly picked it up in anticipation. I was expecting a message from James, one of the sentinels I'd put in charge of PRO, but why did my heart skip immediately?

I scratched my head and flung my phone on the bed in disappointment. What made me think that she would pick up her phone and call me?

Besides,...