Tory strode from the room without bothering to check if I was actually following her or not, and I trotted along in her wake, the words Justin had tossed at me earlier ringing in my skull. I wasn’t just some side piece to the ascension of the Vegas. But I had to admit that Tory was stepping into the role of ruler without so much as a flicker of hesitation, her actions strong and decisive, even if they were touched with harshness in the wake of all she’d lost.
