Off Limits
It was heavy, wrapped in obsidian-black paper with no insignia, no logo, and no indication of the designer.
I didn't open it immediately. I paced the perimeter of the living area, the floor-to-ceiling windows showing a Seattle that felt different tonight—sharper, colder, more dangerous. In less than twenty-four hours, I would be walking into the Glass Pavilion. I would be walking into the center of a spiderweb, designed by Garrison Vance specifically to trap me and, by extension, Peter.