Samantha's POV
The suspense in the air was stifling, encircling me as though it sought every last hope from my body. Julian's eyes fixed us, his words like poison seeping into a fresh cut.
Marcus knows everything, he had remarked.
I found it difficult to breathe. Tight in my chest, my mind flew. Marcus might know, but how? How is he possibly one step ahead once more?
Alex was next to me; his body poised to launch into action at any moment. Still, he couldn't suppress the shock his expression registered at Julian's comments. Thinking we may at last be on the attack, we had entered this warehouse and now felt as though we were caught in a game Marcus was still controlling from a distance.
"What do you mean he knows everything?” Alex demanded, his voice quiet but lethal.
Julian hardly
