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cond, the cold glass under her fingertips grounding her. Her mind pulled up the master passcode she had memorized years ago-a code meant only for the family patriarch. Her fingers flew across the scr

ling. First came the hiss of the greenhouse sprinkler

my life. I'm going to make sure you

Her eyes bulged. She lunged forward,

Bria grabbed empty air and face-

Clara's fake, trembling

put the pearl ear

the spare key. I shoved it be

om evaporated. Th

om her grip and crashed onto the marble floor. She star

he had been burned. He stared

ed over her cheeks. Her last shred

al insult. "You're ju

Felix plummeted. His eyes were pitch

lence choked the room. The only sound

er pocket. She looked down at Bria

ed, her voice cracking.

lled her hand out of her pocket and hu

and rolled to a stop i

elen sobbed, he

cal evidence crushed her. She colla

iliation. She looked at Felix, mo

r. Now," Eleanor

d. She tasted copper. "Sorry,"

didn't care. She bent down

ss," Clara sa

. The bodyguards quickly stepped out

rk, genuine smirk touched his lip

ass doors and walked down the

iliation mutated into pure, venomous hatr

number she had acquired weeks ago. As soon as the line connected, she didn't wait for a greeting. "I don't care how you do it or what it costs!" she hissed, her fi

Clara's hair. She opened the

from the corner. It crept forward like a