Reborn in Flames: A Reckoning To Reclaim Her Throne

hite hospital bed, the relentless beeping

ss-and while her body was trapped in silence, her mi

companion, and it torm

rents had come to visit her. They hadn't lingered then

ifying mantra. "We shouldn't have welcomed you

n settled uncomfortably within her: her real family had abandoned h

er reverie. The rhythm of the footsteps was wr

ced. Who els

d the air. Then Cassie Owen's voice rant out. "Good morning,

e word "sister" int

life of luxury within the Owen family. With a viper's smile and expertly spun lies,

ellish prison for four years. Brianna had survived that, only

engaged to Matt. He proposed last night with mother'

else had during her time in the hospital. M

tolen Brianna's life and her parents' affect

sie had come to visit her-not

presence looming over the bed. "Well, well, look at you. T

ed, replaced by a cold, brutal malice that made the air feel fro

enomous level, "I thought you deserved to know the truth before you go. The truck that hit you? That was no accident. I mad

ore force than the truck itself. Cass

wishing she could slap Cassie in the face. But her bo

she could do was feel. And r

ecided to grant you a mercy. I ho

eeve, then the gentle click as the ventilato

nna's mind

rifying. Her lungs, reliant on the machine for a month, screamed for air

lips brushing Brianna's cold ear. He

n't have come back. You are meant fo

of Brianna's consciousness, pulling

, but a vow-a seething, rage-fille

I would make you all pay. I wou

ssolved into

felt a sensation that drew her back-a grip that

irst time in thirty

ntorted with rage and spite, framed by greasy h

ther, Neil Owen-someone

rescued her? But why wasn't she in a hospital,

and satisfy his needs, he'll happily clear my debts. So do your best to make

finally let

eeling in disbelief. She had h

ith Cody Gordon for sex, desperate to escape

urroundings and realized: this was the very priv

crept into her mind. Could it be that fate had final