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.

before she reached the door,

Finished

don’t you tell them about what happens

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

that

knew exactly what Bradley and the others

But love?

them?And then

But in the end, she would

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

was just

what his

His influence was everywhere.

dared

And the Xanders?

going against someone like him

soon as she stepped outside,

realized until now–she had

That lunatic.

body finally registering the stiffness

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was exhausted,

needed to go

To see her grandmother.

out her phone, she saw that it had shut off

she entered the house, but in the end, it had been

was even more cautious

A car passed by.

stopping beside

it

the window

as

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

flickered over her face, his brows knitting

had she ended up looking like

“No.”

Her response was immediate.

didn’t need help from

She didn’t trust anyone.

arrived in prison, there had been people who had

been

She had believed them.

it

learned

could

saw the wariness

to the hospital,”

can call

idea how bad she looked–her face

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had no idea what had happened

some reason, he had already helped her more than

it was her

Bright.

Defiant.

refusing to

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

in the background, the

She was already irritated.

took a step toward

say anything, the world

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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