Alex sat behind the wheel, one hand resting loosely on it as the car moved smoothly through the morning traffic. The city was already awake. Cars filled the lanes, people hurried along the sidewalks, everyone heading toward their own routines and responsibilities.
Last night had been far more intense than he had expected.
Madison and Emma had only stopped when their bodies finally gave out and they collapsed. He had been genuinely surprised by how much they could endure. They had clung to him with a kind of desperate hunger, as if this was the last chance they would ever get. In a way, he understood why.
At first, they had seen him as nothing more than a student with a few useful connections. But being summoned to a mansion of that scale and given a task of real weight had changed everything in their eyes.
