with high hedges, creating a green tunnel. Elayne ran, tears b

o be gone. She wa

he road cur

te movement erupted from

person. Standing right i

as B

ng at the running figure of Elayne

d to a halt o

n her mind. "Are you cra

of the estate's black sedans-c

heatrical precision, thre

EEE

rubber filled the air. The car skidded, th

or, understanding the

Bianca. It wasn't a direc

too theatrical. She threw herself backward,

e engine stalling. Silence

nard security gua

yelled, pointing not at

hurt. There was no blood. But she was c

eyes weren't filled with pain

ayne," Bianca hi

tate flew open behind them. Theodore, Judith, and Conrad came r

ked. "She chased her down

ury. He shoved Elayne hard. She stumbled and fell

d. "You jealous, sick monster

, her voice silent but her face a mask of despe

He ripped the camera unit off the w

he plastic card in half with a loud crack.

heart sank, but a cold, calculating part of her brain noted,

lose. Too close. They must have been calle

the scene. They loaded

loudly, clutching her stoma

ped spinning.

heodore w

her knees. "Elayne tried to kill the heir!

eyes changed. It wasn't just anger anymore.

chief, Miller. "Call the police. Tell them

arms, pinning her agains

yne screamed as the a

ter-in-law of min

metal of the car, watching the flashing light