Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

The butler replied, "Ma'am, I just checked outside and-well, you won't believe it it's Miss Sienna from the Sheldon family!"

"She looked like she'd been through something awful. Completely unconscious. And the weirdest part? Someone just dumped her right at our front door. What's going on?"

“Sienna?! Is she... is she still alive?" Mrs. Nelson sucked in a sharp breath, her face tense. "Oh my God, don't just stand there! Bring her inside, quick! There are too many people milling around the manor gates."

"And listen, go call Emma straight away. Sienna is her precious girl, and I don't want her getting the wrong idea that we- the Nelsons-had anything to do with this..."

The butler nodded briskly and hurried off, rallying a couple of house staff to help.

Mrs. Nelson anxiously dialed up the family doctor from the living room, her brow furrowed.

Upstairs, Shane's father, Gary, just stepped out of his study. Hearing the commotion, he frowned and called down to his wife. "What's all the racket about? Honey, don't tell me Shane's finally come crawling home. After all that tabloid mess this morning, I swear, I'm going to wring his neck—"

"It's not Shane. Something's happened."

Mrs. Nelson's nerves were frayed. "That scandal this morning was bad enough, and now Sienna—out of nowhere—ends up at our doorstep, barely conscious. This can't be a good sign."

"Butler! Did you get her inside yet?!"

room," the butler called back. Mrs. Nelson hung up the phone and made a beeline for the guest

downstairs. "Sienna? Wait, isn't she the one you've been considering

Mrs. Nelson pressed her fingers to her temple, visibly

loud commotion erupted from the

Sienna? Oh my God-my poor baby! What

in bad shape. Let me check her injuries first," the family

did this to you,

please hold

widened; Emma

over, the butler close behind. "Did you

sheepish. "Just like you

minutes ago-how'd she get here so

Nelson had to agree

know something

to intervene. "Emma! Please, try to calm down and let the doctor have a

happened, Mrs. Nelson? How could this happen to my Sienna?" Emma

Nelson returned