Lahat ng Kabanata ng Howl for Justice : Kabanata 211 - Kabanata 220

I keep my back to him. The glass fogs with my breath. I fight to get the words under control. “I have to go,” I say, and this time I make it stick. I open the inner door, step through, and let it swing shut behind me. I don’t look back. Upstairs, I stand in the dark, hand braced on the wall, and

I get to the office before the sun has fully pried itself from the horizon, the city still exhaling last night’s rain in ribbons of cold steam. The building’s glass and steel is sullen in the pre-dawn, my keycard’s beep the only sound besides the rattle of the HVAC and the distant hiss of the lobby

Instead, I anchor myself to the edge of the desk and say, “You saw the supplemental discovery?” He nods, flipping to the appropriate tab. “It’s a mess. Reynolds’s team is stonewalling, and I think they’re prepping for a last-minute evidence dump.” His breath, close now, is humid with coffee and so

Lucas’s voice is low, the cadence careful, but I can hear the question underneath. “We’re going to win this, Mara. But I need you at one hundred percent. You trust me, right?” The irony is a knife. I feel my lips pull into a tight line, the taste of blood sudden and metallic on my tongue. I want to

Lucas’s hands are open, palms up, as if he could physically offer me the truth. “She’s dangerous, Mara. You said it yourself. I thought if I could keep her talking, I could find out what she’s really after.” I bare my teeth, just for a second. “And did you?” He hesitates, the silence thick as hone