eep into the pockets of his tailor

echoing in the quiet room, "you will design your own we

The wedding is in two weeks. That is far too soon to f

Kane cut her off, his tone slicing through

n dropped a heavier bomb. "And you will pack your

lungs. She stammers, taking a step back on the pedestal. "Ton

distance she had tried to create. His towering

dictated, his voice leaving absolutely no room for negotiation.

pletely cornered and panicked. Her chest h

ration. "I haven't packed anything. My studio is too bus

sharply away from her. He rais

faint, almost inaudible wheeze as he fought for breath. His bro

linked, watching the sudden, jarri

is face was slightly paler, a thin sheen of sweat on his foreh

triggered a deeply buried, ter

a teenage Kane Sterling, backed into a corner, gasping desperately for air, his face pale and twisted in rage. When he reali

icy wave of primal fear

Sterling was not just futile. It was dangerous. He was

gripping the heavy lace of the d

a defeated, broken voic

still a bit ragged, but he nodded. He looked

Price. "Send the

out a single glance back at Ca

up the distance. He pushed the heavy glass doors ope

closed behind him, leaving a

that had been keeping her upright suddenly dra

g Cailin's arm to steady her b

and hollow. "I need to get to my studio i

desperate to strip off the suffocati