The Full Moon Verdict
She gave him stone.
“You must know,” he continued, pacing the narrow length of the room, “that men like Ethan Cross leave wreckage in their wake. Brilliant, yes. Charismatic, certainly. But dangerous. Always dangerous. For those who stand too close, doubly so.” His gaze flicked back to her. “Do you ever worry that you’ve chained yourself to a sinking ship?”
Her silence was answer enough.
He stopped pacing, turning toward her fully, the aristocratic veneer sharpening into something harder. “Bad things seem to be happening,” he said, each word clipped and precise, “to people who have been dealing with Mr. Cross.”
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