the stone steps, her custom heels clicking rapidly until
smile, though triumph gleamed in her eyes. Placing her left hand flat against the edge of the car door, she
n the woman who had stolen her research credits and her fiancé
in silent, Sloane
e toast? I just wanted to make sure you
oice so it carried
e years ago. Half his face was burned off, and his legs are comp
g the driveway, exchanging amused glances as they wai
he open window, dropping
u can beg for scraps now, isn't it? If your dead mother saw you crawling into
thumb once across her index knuckle
heavy armored door open with full force. The ste
backward several steps, her heels twisting o
k coat, she walked straight toward Sloane, her leather
gain her footing, her
ou're doing? This is
to open a web of microscopic abrasions. As her grip tightened, a trace of colorless, slow-acting allergenic extract concealed beneath
loane clawed at Reyna's wrist, but her pampered hands could not budge
a loud crack. Dust and crushed petals sme
tive breath. A flower basket dropped to the
braced her palms against the stones and tried to push herself
her," Reyna said, he
miliation under the stares of the household
ed Sloane's left ring finger right above Da
as sharp pain
il her lips were an i
he finger wearing that r
ing eyes, Sloane's chest heaved in
rry! I'
She pulled an alcohol wipe from her pocket and
ack every last thing you stole-my name, my inheritance, my mothe
he clinical contempt of a scien
by system. That's how I'm going to dismantle your life. And when there's nothing
back of her neck, shivering as she stared
d back into the SUV. She pulled the door shut with a heavy thud. The vehicle rolled forwar
stood behind a parted curtain, his eyes dark and cold
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