andra

at on the edge of my bed. She

Britany?" Her voice was laced w

d smile touching my

Just before her fingers could make contact, I

lt a flicker of her annoyanc

murmur. "But Britany is young. She doesn't know any be

hed myself up, sitting stra

For a second, she looked genuinely unnerved, but the

said, my voice raspy but clear. "Kar

time I hadn't c

htened. "About you

ft me an inheritance," I said,

ed. The practiced smile

continued, standing up so I could look down on her. The shif

wounded disbelief. "Ally, how can you say that? I've

off. "I'm getting married

ulian? But he..." She caught herself, clamp

, turning to my closet and pulling ou

en, appeared in the doorway. He frowned, seeing the

-filled eyes. The perfect victim. "Warren, you have to hear what your da

nger on me. "Alessandra! Is that any way t

u have three days to transfer the full amount to my account. If you don't,

made Warren's face pale. The public

't dare!" h

l bag from the back of my closet an

Warren asked, his ange

have my money," I said, my voi

he door, right between my s

It wasn't the look of a twenty-one-year-old Omega. It was the look o

, Alessandra!" she

ed it shut behind me. The loud bang echoed through the h