Estelle spun around abruptly, her eyes catching a menacing figure charging toward her in the dim light. In each hand, they brandished a bottle of sulfuric acid, one after the other, flinging them viciously at Estelle and her friends.

“Ella!”

Jonathan sprang into action, rushing forward to pull Estelle into his arms, wrapping her protectively with his heavy coat.

Almost simultaneously, Gabriel’s towering frame reached them. Seeing Estelle yanked away by Jonathan, he grabbed Sylvia’s hand and spun, embracing her tightly and shielding her with his body.

Evelyn was left alone, her eyes widening in horror as a bottle of acid hurtled toward her face.

“Evelyn!”

Estelle shoved Jonathan aside and leapt forward, kicking the bottle away and tackling Evelyn to the ground beneath her.

The last acid bottle grazed the tops of their heads, smashing against Jonathan’s car with a loud “bang,” its corrosive contents splattering all over.

Estelle clung to Evelyn, her back hand singed by the acid, a searing pain coursing through her skin.

All of this happened in a flash—a mere moment from the bottles being thrown to their explosive impact.

drew a knife

flying, and kicked the bottle

clutching her face, screaming

embrace, sprinting to Estelle’s aid, pulling her up and frantically wiping her hand with snow. She turned to Gabriel, who had followed, and yelled, “Get some water,

a bottle of water from his car and

crying in

heart pounding furiously, his handsome face tense with concern, “Are you

Estelle replied

patchwork from the acid burns, picked up the knife in a desperate attempt to

advanced, delivering two sharp slaps to Antonia’s face, leaving

spent at Gabriel’s side had taught Sylvia differently than Estelle, but that didn’t mean she lacked the ability to defend

damn wretch! You

and mighty with the Lamont family backing you. Why don’t

my father, I’ll haunt you as a ghost and never

squarely in the chest. Antonia fell to the ground, finally in too much pain

who had gone to fetch his car, ran over, protecting Sylvia, “What

always elegant and beautiful—it was his first time witnessing her

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