Chapter 59

• There was an emptiness within her, a void that had lingered since that fateful night. It had been so long—whether months or years, it blurred into indistinction.
• Jayson suddenly tensed, his reaction synchronized with the gentle brush of a man's suit against Anastasia's shoulder. Her gaze tracked upwards as her ears filled with the soul-stirring voice of the opera singer.
• Without a doubt, she recognized in that moment, as every man sat up straighter and every woman's attention sharply turned, that a predator had entered the room.