Deadly Game
She understood the chess board of high society just as well as I did, but she played with pieces made of glass and razor blades.
"We need a proxy inside the room," I said, my mind racing as the plan began to form. "I cannot show up in a suit with a bullet wound through my triceps. It proves their point that I am incapacitated."
"You do not need to be there physically," Aria said, sliding her hand down my chest to rest over my heart. "I will go."
I froze. My hand shot out, gripping her wrist with enough force to bruise.
"Absolutely not," I snarled, my dark eyes flashing with a violent, protective rage. "Victoria knows you are alive. The moment you step into the Thorne headquarters, her men wi