Reborn Heiress: Escaping Her Traitorous Fiancé

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y spine. I looked down, my gaze sweeping over my body-a simple dress, to

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dry branch. My entire body went rigid. Every muscle tensed, coi

, a pile of moldy burlap sacks, and then, in the corner, a g

n my shoulders screamed in protest, but I ignored them. My fingers stretched, tensed, and

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burst open wit

the exit. The stench hit me first-a sickening mix of rot

rin spreading across his face. I forced the killing intent from my eyes, replacing i

e low. He strode toward me, each step landi

d created a perfect blind spot, my hands, hidden behind my back, moved frantically. The

d snapped. My

skin of my collarbone, the fear in my eyes vani

soft belly. The force sent me sliding backward a

nd of pure rage, and lunged, his massive ha

t been. In the same fluid motion, I swung the rusty iron

for his fe

y leg..." he screamed, a piercing shriek of ago

bun at the back of my head. With the precision honed from a past life's desperat

his throat as he clawed at the hairpin. Then, his mass

d out the hairpin, wiped the blood on his f

is pockets. A folding knife. Car keys.

he woods, closer now. His acc

pit window. I shoved it open, ignoring the splint

rough my thin shoes, but I didn't stop. I began to run desperat

lowing the path ahead. Branches whipped against my face and

me. Fear and adrenaline mixed into a poisonous co

ed tree root snaking a

tore from my throat as I lost my balan

impact of hard

th something solid and

ing me with startling ease. An aura of immense power, o

in my chest. My terrified gaze met a pair

covered half his face, glinting coldly in th

omething wild and dangerous-flooded my senses. My hand instinctively