e's hand gripping her wris

arm back. The force wasn't massive, but the abso

ream, but the terrifying presence of the Maybach nearby forced her to

cracked open just an inch. The inte

ad. Instead, she turned her body fully toward the luxur

arrow opening

. He wore a tailored, pitch-black dress shirt. The top two butto

s and deep shadows. Even asleep, he ex

racted. A cold shock

s the man from the Maybac

er past life slammed into her brain. Sh

an Su

her past life, she had only heard his name whispered in terror by men like her stepfathe

of her stare, Donovan's

ned hi

nitely deep. The second his eyes opened, the

kle. The sound of the fountain in t

f amusement flickered in t

amily had just dragged in from the Rust Belt. He looked at her faded jeans and the cheap backpack. She lo

the gaze and realized Celina was looking

self in front of Celina, using her own body to physical

le on her face. She bowed her head deeply toward the cracked wi

as his view of Celina was blocked. He slowly closed h

humiliation, but she di

oak front doors of t

tically jogging, his face flushed, b

wife or his new stepdaughter. H

front door behind Warren. He he

ingle finger and p

ned, his voice low but sharp. "Mr. Suar

He nodded his head frantically, looking like a terrified dog.

o ruled the Hayes household with an iron fist, yet

ules of power in thi

His eyes swept over Elv

ized the girl from the rain. A slow,

hed the Maybach, and gently tappe