Chapter 5

CAMILLE'S POINT OF VIEW

The parking garage of the hotel where i lodged was too quiet. My heels echoed against concrete, each click bouncing off empty cars and shadowed pillars. It was late, past midnight, but something felt wrong. Off.

My confrontation with Rose and my family had left me drained, empty except for the cold satisfaction of finally seeing behind her mask. I fumbled with my key fob, wanting nothing more than to get to my hotel room and plan my next move.

A car door slammed somewhere in the darkness.

I stopped, listening. Nothing but the hum of fluorescent lights and the distant sound of traffic.

My phone buzzed in my purse. Rose's number. I declined it, but not before noticing my signal had dropped to one bar.

Perfect.

Footsteps behind me. Multiple sets.

I walked faster, cursing my choice of heels. The hotel's elevator was just around

the corner, past a row of concrete pillars. If I could just...

"Going somewhere, Mrs. Rodriguez?"

A man stepped out from behind a pillar. Tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in black. Professional. Two more appeared behind me, cutting off my retreat.

Not a random attack, then.

my racing heart. "And I have a dinner reservation, so

wasn't a nice smile. "I'm afraid

after signing

stepped closer. "Now,

pepper spray caught

screamed, stumbling backward. I ran, kicking off my heels as I sprinted for the elevator. The other two

there. Just

someone grabbed my hair, yanking me

first man's voice was rough with pain and rage.

kicking, scratching, but

you might be difficult." The first man wiped his streaming

shot, making sure I understood just how powerless I really

spat, "at least have the guts to

no. Just a message. A reminder of what happens to people who don't

the air from my lungs. I

in life." Another blow, this one to my ribs. "Some

blurred, pain shooting through my body. But

"That's enough."

garage like

attackers tensed. Through swollen eyes, I saw dark figures emerging from the shadows. Men in

elegant, probably in her

cost more than my car, her silver hair swept into

it was her eyes that caught

one of my attackers started,

very bad day."

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