All Chapters of The discarded Luna rises: Chapter 41

Chapter 41The Harbor DealAt 9:40 that night, the parking structure smelled of oil and wet concrete and something older, like a held breath.Level three. Half the lights were dead. The ones that still burned buzzed overhead in a sick yellow hum, and between them the dark lay pooled in the corners. Rain drummed on the roof above, a distant, hollow roar. Water dripped from a broken gutter in a slow, patient tick.Kael's car idled at the end of the row.Black. Engine low. The headlights were off, but the dashboard glow lit his hands on the wheel, and I could see them from where I stood. I had walked the length of the structure in the dark with my heels clicking on the concrete, and I had not once looked behind me. My coat was buttoned to the throat. In my right hand, I held a small square of black card, its edges soft with handling, a single dahlia printed on it in ink so dark it seemed to swallow the light.My thumb stroked the flower.I stopped three paces from his window."You were t