The Debt 3 by Kelly Favor

Author:Kelly Favor [Favor, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-26T04:00:00+00:00

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Raven left immediately, as requested, without telling anyone where she was going. She managed to escape the hotel without being noticed by anyone, perhaps because without Jake beside her, nobody knew who she was yet.

It also helped that she blended in with a group of tourists who happened to be leaving at the same time.

And then she’d managed to find a cab to take her to the prescribed location, a swanky part of town that was even swankier than the one she’d been staying in, if such a thing was even possible.

The cab dropped her off and she walked into the most intimidating building that she’d ever been in—that she could ever have imagined being inside.

It was one of the many buildings located on the uber-fancy Central Park West, and she was immediately greeted inside the lobby by an unsmiling security guard. She expected him to ask her name or who she was there to visit.

Instead, he said, “Raven Hartley?” as if he’d been expecting her at that very moment, like she was being followed.

“Yes,” she answered, uncertain of what to do or say at every turn. She was sweating lightly.

“Please follow me.” He led her toward the elevators. The inside of the building was enormous, all dark marble, fancy mirrors and art adorned the walls. There was another guard standing beside the elevators, watching her with suspicion.

“Hi,” she said, smiling at the guard, whose frown merely deepened. He didn’t respond.

They got into the elevator and rode up to the fifth floor. When they got off, Raven was greeted by her old friend Max Mendez. He looked a little haggard somehow, pale. He was wearing the same blue suit she’d seen him in before.

“I’ll take her from here,” he told the guard, who nodded and stayed inside the elevator as she got out.

“Wow,” she said, stepping out into the enormous hallway.

There were huge stone pillars every few yards, and by the walls, some beautiful chairs and couches. There was even an enormous fireplace with a fire burning brightly inside.

“Nice, ‘aint it?” Max asked her.

“Stunning,” she said. “This is Club Alpha headquarters or something?”

“Or something,” he said, breathing heavily out through his nostrils as he walked, leading her down the hallway. He opened the doors at the far end, and led her into a smaller room that seemed like a library or study of some sort. There were ornate bookcases all along the walls, more fancy paintings, another huge fireplace, and various armchairs, desks and tables meant for study.

There was nobody in the room, however, and Raven’s heart started to race. She swallowed, feeling like she wanted to run. “Could I use the bathroom?” she asked.

“I can’t let you do that right now,” Max said, his eyes turning on her like a predator’s, cold and without pity.

“I can’t even go to the bathroom?”

“No,” he said, gesturing to a chair nearby. “Why don’t you have a seat?” he said.

“Okay,” she replied, not knowing how else to respond to his refusal. So she sat down and crossed her legs.

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