Chapter 40 Under His Glare

• She stood by the window, looking down at Sir Derinem, pushing Luca's wheelchair down to the opened car, and one of Damon's men putting sealed boxes into the booth.
• It was already evening—in fact, eight on the dot—when she was bombarded by Lina, as she was fixing her cover-up makeup to prepare for bed. Lina had told her that Sir Derinem was leaving, and she was skeptical until she went to the window to see this.
• She couldn't believe it was happening, opening and closing her eyes against what she knew was reality.