cked together in her lap. Her fingernails dug so deepl

land blurred past in the heavy rain. Her heart ham

body lying on the basement floor p

om her clutch and tapped

he exact hour Blair had used the excuse of "checking his

a forward as it stopped outside the massiv

eak. She shoved the door open and ran

ths of this prison perfectly. She slipped behind the perfectly manicure

ive. She pressed her back against the wet brick wall, waiting for the

e door. It was unlocked,

Blair thought she had hours before anyone would discover her. That was the key-Blair was acting alone r

ht. Not e

y. Water dripped from her ruined dress, l

one hand. Her bare feet hit the freezing marble of the main corridor. She moved lik

double doors to her adoptive pare

ept toward the sharp corner that

just an inch. A sickly, yellow light

eart stopped beating. Her ears strained, picking

mper. The sound of a small

solute ice. Her pupils dilated, consum

the gap in the door

ust and broken furniture. Shoved i

to his chest. His small hands were clamped tightly over his own mouth

k to the door, was Blair Sargen

d fingers was a five-inch, heavy metal sew

sick expression. She took a st

r voice dripping with venom. "You don't even know

bric of his pajama shirt, pulling it tight as h

ed the collar of Caden's shirt a

is bare knees slammed hard agai

ming the sharp point directly at the soft flesh of

ity snapped. The hatred from her past life boil

the hallway console table was a