Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 282

Carla never expected Isadora to fight back like that. Caught off guard by the sudden kick, she crashed to the floor.

She scrambled to her feet and lunged at Isadora, rage twisting her features. "Isadora! You ungrateful brat! I should've smothered you in your crib all those years ago!"

Carla's eyes were wild now, her mind clearly snapped. She snatched a syringe from a nearby medical tray-who knew what was in it.

Isadora bolted for the door. She grabbed the handle and yanked, but it was locked tight.

Carla stalked after her, her glare full of venom. "Running, are we? You think you can steal what belongs to my Pearl? You filthy little wretch! You think you can take her place?"

Isadora kicked frantically at the door, but it wouldn't budge. She spun around, trapped.

Carla advanced, step by relentless step.

"What is that?" Isadora demanded, eyes darting to the syringe.

Carla sneered. "This? It's an addictive drug. One hit, and you'll be hooked for life." She licked her lips, recalling horror stories from prison. "All I have to do is inject you, and everyone will think you overdosed and fell off the roof tonight. Isn't that perfect?"

In the security office, a guard was flipping through surveillance feeds, scrutinizing each frame.

hovered anxiously behind him,

a shadow flickered near the stairwell—a woman, moving furtively. Magnus recognized her instantly. She was the middle-aged woman who'd slinked away in the parking

for the stairs, shouting Isadora's name as

up, he heard her scream for

threw his weight against the heavy door at the

head-to-toe

stop to think. He charged across the room and kicked

rushed to Isadora's side, quickly untying the ropes binding her

disbelief. "How did

could answer, Carla staggered to her feet, grabbed a

lunged at them,

happened in a

away, taking the full brunt of the blade himself. The knife plunged deep into his chest,

widened

the room,

rushed in after seeing the breaking

panic. "How did something like this happen in the middle of The Vaughan Group's shopping center? Who was