through the empty

ering wheel so tight her k

t ahead flashed

The tires screeched against the asphalt

Her vision swam. The streetlights

e freezing night wind slapped her face, stingin

green. She stompe

illpower, she finally steered the car through

park the second it stopped moving. She shoved the door open and

rand Hotel, c

burly security guards. A swarm of paparazzi, tippe

r camera flashes were already going off, l

ead of securit

master keycard. The h

eir way inside like a p

the suite bl

was stripped down to his boxers, comple

orters

g at once filled the room. They captured eve

ng bedroom, Glenwood watched the circus unfo

d the heavy oak front door open. It sla

e main living ro

he was chewing nervously on her manicured thumbnail, waiti

t the sound

ting, and clearly drugged-a flash of wild joy lit up he

rushed

Hilary shrieked, intentionally making her voi

ied face. The memory of Hilary stepping

her right hand h

ac

ting flesh echoed shar

unce of her remaining

de. A bright red handprint inst

ide with genuine shock. She stared

pounded down t

ken by the noise, rush

w them, tears spille

e trembling perfectly. "I was just

looking at her. She grabbed Christa

t's wrong? You're burn

ace dark with anger. "What

y against her mother. She kept

orm the words. Her voice w

onight," Christabel said.

rage. The veins in his neck poppe

ble shudder. She bit her lip, her eyes darting t

point her finger a

red Hilary a slow

e carrying through the room. "I got away

of her stre

el's eyes rolled back, and she colla

oom exploded

call the family doctor. Eleanor so

her adoptive parents fawn over Christabel. Her fingernai

across the city, the

and passed out in a hotel room, hit the top