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f glass and marble, glimmered in the early dawn, offering the biggest engagement party the city had ever seen. Not because she was

the gentle curve of her neck. The servants at the mansion were busy arranging flowers and changing the linens. T

was dark and silky, and her eyes were cold and calculating. She looked nothing like the sister Lois had known before. She

d out softly, wanti

et softer. She said with a tight

ser, but Jane's focus turned to something else. A tiny vibration drew her sight to the small device

ter, and her breath hitched. "He's

ed into fear. The air got thicker, and sh

ane said in a low voice. N

hy keep it a secret? What kind of trouble had Jane gotten herself into? The estat

of that quiet talk stuck with her

olds stepped outside, looking like the picture of power and privilege. Steve was tall and well-dressed, with dark hai

h he had worked hard to build up over the years. His smile ha

"You're early," Steve said, looking a

got there," she added, moving closer. The sm

ply to the garden terrace. He nervously strok

uncomfortable and withdrawn. When Steve took out his ph

ds were too short for her to read all the way through, but they

eep things from each other? Why the

of the morning's worry. What was Jane keeping secret?

his focus back to Lois. His smile ca

to be perfect today," his voice

rous. Something unseen moved through the estate's immaculate ha

and slowly made her way to the private garden, her heart racing with every careful step. The garden was a hidden paradise

d never seen anything like it before. Jane's dark eyes sparkled with something. Their bodies were close together, and the tension between

took her words away. She could practically feel the heat coming off their

Lois's hidden figure. Jane's smile was a

ice full with poison, "did you

d under her. The sweet smell of the

ghing echoed behind her. The lies that had been

ped through the thin fabric of her dress. She couldn't take her eyes off of Jane, whose dark hair fell like waves at midnight and whose face was a

ends," her voice shaking but clea

onous curl. "Don't get too full of you

enough." This silly game is ended. He stepped forward and squ

n what is this? What falsehoods have you told yourse

d. "Lois, you're in over your h

hadows danced across his sharp features. "You think you

urt. "Then te

tening. "Things about this family

arl. "Why waste your breath on

t full of anger. "I might b

ry to hide his disgust. "You'll never make

ging inferno, but his word

fingers. It was a cold and possessive gesture. "Y

ension. Steve's laughter resonated behind he

e was a lot of tension in the air surrounding her, and every breath she took was like a jagged shard cutting through the silence. Steve was o

pped voice, "Lois, th

s never wavered. "It's as mu

. "You don't know wha

ck, each syllable full of sile

nd grabbed her wrist with a grip th

closer to him. The cool marble air combined with the stron

whisper, "You're

ght. "I'm right w

ever seen before was behind them. Then he pu

hirled out of control. She tried to catch herself by

like a wave that would not st

of horror from people who couldn't see her, and the

her body like a

Jane's mocking laugh, and the future

she was taken

ing nothing but silence and the painful kno