The Lost Heiress 16

When the Flame of Love Fades

Chapter 16 Punishment

Being here meant following Shane’s rules.

Anyone who disobeyed faced something much worse.

Sierra had no idea what that lunatic had planned this time.

She quietly found a spot to sit, pressing her back against the wall, trying to make herself as invisible as possible.

When sight was taken away, other senses sharpened.

She thought she heard something–movement, maybe.

But when she strained to listen, there was nothing.

The unknown was always the most terrifying.

Was this his punishment for today?

Sierra wasn’t sure. She curled in on herself, but every muscle in her body remained tightly wound.

Silence.

No sounds.

Had she imagined the earlier noises?

Time passed, but she had no way of knowing how long she had been in there.

Her clothes were already soaked in cold sweat, yet she barely noticed.

This kind of torment could drive anyone mad.

She bit her lip, forcing herself to focus on something else–her grandmother, her research.

Anything to stop her mind from spiraling.

Then, a sudden click.

At first, she thought she was hallucinating again.

But the next second, the pitch–black room was flooded with light.

Footsteps echoed.

Steady. Unhurried.

Stopping right in front of her.

She looked up and saw Shane.

He gazed down at her, unimpressed.

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He almost sounded disappointed.

She was still holding it together.

“Get up.”

As his words fell, the rest of the lights turned on, glaringly bright.

Sierra knew this meant it was over.

For now.

She turned to leave.

reached the door, Shane’s voice rang

Finished

you tell them about what happens when you’re with

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

wasn’t that naive

Bradley and the

But love?

Tell them?And

end, she

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

just

what his real identity

His influence was everywhere.

dared

And the Xanders?

wouldn’t risk going against someone

soon as she stepped outside, the

realized until now–she had been locked in

That lunatic.

her body finally registering the stiffness in her

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exhausted, aching all

to go

To see her grandmother.

out her phone, she saw that it had

entered the house, but in the end, it had

even more cautious

A car passed by.

reversed, stopping beside

it was Shane

the window

was as calm

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

over her face, his

had she ended up looking like this in just

“No.”

Her response was immediate.

need help

She didn’t trust anyone.

first arrived in prison, there had been people who had

been naive

She had believed them.

it had

had learned

could

saw the wariness

the hospital,” he

call

had no idea how bad she looked–her face

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no idea what had

he had already helped her more than

was her

Bright.

Defiant.

yet refusing to

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

in the background, the words blending

She was already irritated.

toward him, ready

before she could say anything, the world

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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