his arms, his heart ham

im, his small body trembling uncont

eo was a fresh stab

g so badly he almost dropped it. He had to

icky answered, her vo

han? Are you re

ughter echoed i

ng at his throat. "He's in pain! This device... it'

ntempt. "Bryce assures me it's on the lowest setting, a 'startle-only'

reaked face, the genuine terror in his son's eyes. "He's

rted coldly. "Bryce says you're just trying to manipulate me, to a

dead. She'd

in disbelief, a cold fur

t was Leo, he h

eo's arm, but it was clasped tig

re it out. Leo was gasping

, his mind racing. "I need

lanket, his son's whi

t of the house that felt m

ad taken them weeks ago, another sma

treet, waving frantica

n is sick! I need to

n sped up, wary of the dishevel

in his chest, a desperate n

ce, before the money and power

Ethan and Vicky, young architects full of dream

he'd believed. She'd been

, a new sharpness in her tone after h

s, the casual cruelty that escalated after Bryce arri

hild, and her contempt for Ethan s

red it al

nly pure, goo

over, this whole sadistic "game" – it was all Bryce. Bryce

screeched to a

took one look at Leo's pale, still f

d, her voice firm

into the back se

, nearest one,

her eyes flicking to the rearview mirror, her voice

say, "His mother let her lover do this."

Ethan choked out, the