Chapter 11 — Try It

It was then that Preston, cornered and panicking, did the stupidest thing a man in his position can do.

He lunged at me.

Dominic stepped smoothly into his path and stopped him with nothing more than the immovable fact of his shoulder.

He did not raise his hands.

He did not need to.

“Try it,” Dominic said, and his voice was quiet, and utterly without heat, which made it far more frightening than any shout.

“Try it, and Iris won’t have to make another call.