Prologue

Fleeing her billionaire father's round-the-clock guards, Alyssa Maxwell escapes to the rooftop of this week's hotel for a quiet swim - only to find it occupied by a fearsome criminal: a Talent. All her life, she's been told that the Talents - a group of terrorists with incredible powers - are violent and dangerous. But this handsome stranger brings her a different tale, and an offer: allow him to take her hostage for ransom, and he'll give her the freedom she's always longed for.

But can she trust the kidnapper who claims her father is a killer?