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The words hung in the air like a toxic cloud, poisoning every breath I tried to take. “Are you completely insane?” I breathed, my

barely above a whisper as the full horror of what Elizabeth was suggesting crashed over me like a tidal wave.

voice

Harold’s oily smile widened, revealing those unnaturally white teeth. “Now, now, there’s no need for dramatics,” he said, his voice

carrying the patronizing tone of someone who was used to getting exactly what he wanted. “I understand this might come as a surprise,

but I assure you, I can provide very well for you and your… child.”

The way he said ‘child’ made my skin crawl. “This is not happening,” I said, taking a step backward toward the door. “I don’t know what

kind of sick arrangement you two have cooked up, but I’m leaving. Right now.”

Elizabeth moved to block my path with surprising speed, her perfectly manicured hand shooting out to wrap around my wrist like a steel

trap. “Sit down, Seraphina,” she commanded. “We’re not finished talking”

“Yes, we are,” I snapped, trying to wrench my arm free from her grip. “I wouldn’t marry that man if he was the last person on earth. Find

someone else for your disgusting little scheme.”

Harold chuckled, a sound like oil bubbling in a hot pan. “Oh, my dear, I think you misunderstand your position here. This isn’t really a

request.”

wrist, her fingernails digging into my skin hard enough to leave marks. “You’re

for the opportunity,” she said, her voice taking

clawing at my chest. “I’m

anything.”

like a razor blade wrapped in silk. “Tell me, darling, how is little Adrian enjoying

So many children playing outside every day at

blood in my veins turned to ice water.

the weather instead of threatening

up. But accidents happen, don’t

intense that my vision actually tinted red around the edges. Ayla snarled

with protective

voice dropping to a whisper that carried more menace than any scream, “I will kill you. I

my bare hands and dance

as if my desperate threat was the most amusing

dear-once we’re married, I’ll teach you all sorts of

implications in his voice made bile rise in my throat. I lunged toward the door, but Elizabeth’s grip on

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her. As she reached for me, I caught her wrist and twisted, using her own momentum to spin her around. Then I sank my teeth into the soft flesh of her forearm, biting down with all the

metallic taste of blood filled my mouth, but I held on, grinding my jaw

trying to shake me

with enough force to send her

running down his forehead from where the

if either of them would recover enough to

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