The silence of the apartment felt different now,heavy and crowded with ghosts I hadn't invited in.
I stared at the ceiling, my eyes tracing a hairline crack in the plaster that looked like a jagged lightning bolt.
" He's going to hunt me down."
The thought wasn't a question, it was a rhythmic pulse in my temples. Karma didn't just hire people...he annexed them.
By agreeing to step into Keill's shadow, I hadn't just accepted a job, I'd signed over the deed to my soul, and the interest was already accruing.
I rolled off the couch, my movements stiff, like a machine that hadn't been oiled in years. I walked over to the window and nudged the blinds just enough to see the street below.
A black sedan was idling at the curb, its headlights extinguished like two dead eyes. Was it Karma's security, or his surveillance?
In this world, there was no difference.
