The Mistress
“Michael thinks he’s playing a game of chess. He doesn’t realize I’ve already moved the board.”
I felt a sharp kick from within—a small, defiant thud.
“Did you feel that?” I asked.
Zander placed his hand over mine, his eyes filling with a fierce, protective light. “I felt it.”
“He’s a fighter,” I whispered. “Just like his father.”
“And his mother,” Zander added.
Late that night, as the estate fell into an uneasy sleep, Marcus’s voice crackled through my private headset.
“Chairperson, the courier didn’t go back to the South Tower. He headed for the Metropolitan Hotel. The same place the ‘Gilded Pillar’ servers are hidden.”