Evening settled over the city like a slow-moving tide when I pulled into the Carters’ penthouse driveway.

The air had that muted chill that sometimes comes after a long, exhausting day- the kind that forces your mind inward, into places you don’t always want to visit.

I couldn’t get the discussion with Zayne off my mind. I didn’t tell him, but I had taken it upon myself to protect him also now. Whoever it was—that tried to kill Zayne, tried to harm Teyana- would have me to cross ...