Kira’s POVThe new penthouse wasn't beyond exquisite.Perched at the very top of a monolithic skyscraper in Midtown, it had been purchased through one of my deepest offshore shell companies hours after the vault was opened. It had no floor-to-ceiling windows to invite sniper fire. It was all reinforced steel, smart-glass, and breathtaking luxury.Kael’s street soldiers guarded the lobby downstairs, alongside Silas’s elite tactical security protocols.We were finally safe.The doors of the master suite clicked shut, locking the rest of the world out and leaving me and Aziel all to ourselves. The first time in a while when we weren’t in survival mode.I stood in the center of the bedroom. The contrast between this room and the freezing, rotting safehouse in the Narrows was staggering. There were plush Persian rugs beneath my feet, a massive king-sized bed draped in black silk, and the quiet hum of central heating.But as I looked at Aziel, standing by the edge of the bed in his tailored
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