exploded
knocking a crystal decanter to the floor. Sloane came at her from the side, nails raking for her ey
yanking her head back. Sloane clawed at her arm. Chloe kicked and thr
the night wind blasting through the glas
el roared, pinning he
tened her
Her body tipped over the edge, the rec
er ears. Below, the glittering lights of Manh
ring impact against a lower balcony railing split the sk
lling. She
ough the blackness was not fear,
hance, I will make
ped her
rk air, but a suffocating, liquid
d her mouth, gritty and foul. The memory of impact-a snap in her shoulde
shing, clawing,
concrete and steel of Manhattan. A murky, swirling riv
wed her way upward, arms flailing,
igid air and coughing up
surrounded by a dense, unfamil
her body shaking uncontrollably f
. Not a single trac
r, pale, marked with small scratches
The sky had nearly gone. The shadow of the pines pre
slammed
ave come back to the Clark family!" Before Chloe could react, two hands slammed into her from behin
rn? She couldn
face was smooth, the scars gone, h
d been
s, like it was grieving for the her who had died. She s
for grief, for anythin
laugh tore out of her ches
asn't
anothe
l. Sloane. She mouthed their names, her nails dig
sh love again. She would have her revenge. She would make every single pe
e frozen ground, surveying th
predators lurking in the shad
ife, to make herself worthy of Axel, she had studied everything-combat, wilder
ose years of training had been m
make her his pe
ruined dress and tied it tightly around the
alled the rescue team's route from her first life and bega
ature plummeted. The wind howled, and the ca
primal fear, but her ey
erself. It wasn't a statement.
rom the bushes ahe
holding her breath. Her fingers closed
re violently. A dark
nst her ribs. She knew this
l confirme
hours of training in her past
cked on the threat, scanning for a t
ve. Revenge could w
r vision. She had to rely on her he
ith a thick trunk, and began to climb, he
ent agonizingly slow. A piece of bark broke off un
ed the c
rk shapes shot out from the undergrowth, c
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