Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 214

Isadora slowly opened her eyes.

She lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, her mind drifting back to last night. Scenes replayed in her memory like vivid movie clips-one after another, heated and languid, leaving her cheeks flushed just thinking about them.

They really had tried just about every position imaginable.

The sofa, the floor-to-ceiling windows, the dining table, the bathroom...

A necktie, a bottle of red wine, and-God, his mouth...

Suddenly, Isadora sat up, the covers slipping down her bare skin.

In the daylight, the bruises and marks along her collarbone and hips were shockingly visible-stark reminders of everything that had happened.

She couldn't help but regret it a little. She'd let him have his way with her completely, and they hadn't even settled the terms she wanted.

Grabbing her phone from the nightstand, Isadora quickly typed out a message.

"About what you promised me last night—are you going to keep your word or not?"

Just then, her phone began to ring.

She glanced at the screen and answered, "Laura? What's going on?"

your mother's been having chest pains these last few days. She didn't want us to tell you, but everyone here knows she really wants to see you.

her gaze, silent for a

a hospital stay, but she refuses to go," Laura added,

that, Isadora's resolve

come by later," she

Rowena a text: *Running late today,

her legs to the floor-immediately regretting it. Every muscle ached, as if her whole body

under her

a high-collared silk blouse to

grabbed her

over, but Isadora waved her off. "It's fine, I'll go up

the second floor and paused in front of her parents' bedroom, just as raised voices spilled out into the

Vaughan was furious. "You can't even keep your own daughter in line! What good are

daughter. We spent years focusing on Pearl, and now we should

should use that connection to

reply was interrupted by

have to do—just get her back into the

can't manage that, Eleanor,

gave you children, I turned a blind eye to

the most powerful in Capitol

flung open the door and stormed out, not even glancing in Isadora's direction as