Blindsided

DECLAN

I stepped away from the apartment door and let the heavy latch click shut behind me. My shoulders hit the wall in the corridor, the cold paint biting through my shirt.

She cracked fast. One barrage of cheap accusations from Landon, and her defenses folded. Her hands had gone limp. Her eyes had drained of fight. If she fell apart that quickly under simple pressure, she would torch my entire