Contents

Prologue

“This is fantastic,” Rory Jacquard heard Oliver say from the…

Chapter One

Dr. Jacob White pulled up to the large house in…

Chapter Two

One week later, Jacob was at the end of his…

Chapter Three

“Jesus, Aaron,” Jacob grumbled. “Your apartment looks like a shrink’s…

Chapter Four

Rory waited in her room, impatient. Jacob would return. He…

Chapter Five

When Jacob fell asleep that night, he arrived in Rory’s…

Chapter Six

Mahjani Rafallo sat in her apartment in Brooklyn, sipping a…

Chapter Seven

“No, Jacob. I’ve let this go too far as it…

Chapter Eight

“Thank you so much for meeting me, Mahjani,” Jacob said.

Chapter Nine

Mahjani sat in the office attached to her classroom at…

Chapter Ten

Rory waited by the ruins of the hotel. The sky…

Chapter Eleven

Rory stood, naked and alone, in front of Serafina. Mahjani…

Chapter Twelve

Serafina held her hands out, as if she were beckoning…

Chapter Thirteen

Jacob rung the bell at the Jacquard house repeatedly, then…

Chapter Fourteen

“My name is Rory Jacquard. I’m here to see Jacob…