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.

she reached the door, Shane’s voice rang out

Finished

love you so much. Why don’t you tell

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

wasn’t that naive

Bradley and

But love?

them?And then

in the end, she would be the one

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

was just a

knew what his real identity

His influence was everywhere.

dared

And the Xanders?

against someone like

outside, the

realized until now–she had been

That lunatic.

deeply, her body finally registering the stiffness

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was exhausted, aching

to go to the

To see her grandmother.

that it had shut off

entered the house, but in the end,

even more cautious than she had

A car passed by.

stopping beside

tensed, thinking it

the window

was as calm as

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

flickered over her face, his brows knitting

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

had been naive

She had believed them.

realize later that it had all been

learned her

could

wariness in her

should go to the hospital,” he

call someone

face pale as a sheet, her

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no idea what had happened

he had already helped her more

it was her

Bright.

Defiant.

refusing to

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

blurred in the background, the

She was already irritated.

took a step toward him,

could say

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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