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.

door, Shane’s voice

Finished

love you so much. Why don’t you tell them about what

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

that

Bradley and the others felt–maybe

But love?

them?And

the end, she would be the one suffering for

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

he was just

what his real identity

His influence was everywhere.

one dared to

And the Xanders?

against someone

soon as she stepped outside, the blinding sunlight hit

now–she had been locked in

That lunatic.

deeply, her body finally registering

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exhausted, aching

needed to go

To see her grandmother.

she saw that it had shut off at

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

cautious than she

A car passed by.

stopping

it was Shane

window rolled

as calm

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

her face,

she ended up looking like this in

“No.”

Her response was immediate.

didn’t need help from

She didn’t trust anyone.

in prison, there had been people

had been naive back

She had believed them.

to realize later that it

had learned

one could

wariness in her

the hospital,” he said after a

can call someone

she looked–her face pale as

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idea what had happened to

for some reason, he had

it was her

Bright.

Defiant.

refusing to

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

blurred in the

She was already irritated.

a step toward him,

before she could say anything, the world

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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