Chapter 14

Initially, I think it might be Marcus again. But then I realize that the person is still dragging me backward, and something feels very, very wrong.

I start squirming. They hold me tighter as they pull me into a dark alleyway. I scramble to check my pockets, desperately searching for my keys, my phone, anything I can hit them with, but then I’m shoved face-first into a brick wall, my hands pinned to my stomach.

“Nora Ellis. At last, we meet,” the voice growls in my ear. It is horrible, and it makes my skin crawl as they press my head against the brick.

“Who are you?” I spit, trying to free my hands from between my body and the wall, but they just push me harder and chuckle.

“Someone who needs to speak to your boss. Very urgently.”

Just as I’m about to reply, to ask another question to find out who th