Deadly Game
The fierce, heavy possessiveness from our night in the silk sheets hadn't faded; it had just settled into a low, burning ember beneath his skin.
"Zero is on the line," I said, breaking the silence as a sharp, double-tone chime echoed from my terminal.
A digitized, distorted frequency crackled over the speakers. "Aria. Thorne," Zero’s voice came through, stripped of all humanity by the scrambler. "The Vance estate sweep is complete. Victoria didn't just run; she pulled her entire deep-cover network off the grid. She knows the core ledger data leaked at the masquerade has ruined her reputation with the high table. She's cornered. And a cornered viper doesn't look for a hiding spot —she looks f