Lena

We rode up in silence.

When we reached the penthouse, Marcus checked every room before letting me inside.

"I'll wait in the hall," he said.

"Marcus, really, you don't have to…"

"Mr. Blackwood was very clear about his instructions, ma'am." He smiled slightly. "And I'd like to keep my job."

He closed the door.

I stood in the vast, empty penthouse and waited.

My phone buzzed.

Not Cassie this time.

Julian: I'm here. Coming up now.

I heard the elevator.

Footsteps in the hall.

The door opened.

Julian stood there in his suit with his tie slightly loosened and that expression that meant he'd been worried and was trying...