Stepping out of the cozy coffee shop and into the brisk morning air, Sheri was deeply conflicted about what they were about to do. She felt a heavy knot of anxiety forming in her stomach. If she actually went into the corporate building when management had explicitly told her not to, then she might get into quite a bit of serious trouble. And the truth was, she genuinely liked her job at the security firm.
Working at the Billion Bloodline group gave her a perfect, legitimate excuse not to deal with the suffocating stress and dark expectations of her own family's business. It was her sanctuary. But on the other hand, she was deeply, undeniably curious about everything unfolding around her. She firmly believed that if she just peeked behind the curtain today, she might finally see something that would answer a lot of the burning questions she had about Max and the dangerous underworld.
