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

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

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

that naive

Bradley and the others

But love?

them?And

But in the end, she

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

just a

what

His influence was everywhere.

dared to

And the Xanders?

wouldn’t risk going against someone like

she stepped outside, the

had been locked in

That lunatic.

deeply, her body finally registering the

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exhausted, aching all

to go to

To see her grandmother.

she saw that it had

house, but in the end, it had

even more cautious

A car passed by.

reversed, stopping

tensed, thinking it

window

as calm as

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

eyes flickered over her face,

looking like this

“No.”

Her response was immediate.

need

She didn’t trust anyone.

had been people who

had been

She had believed them.

that it had all

had learned

could

saw the wariness in

should go to the hospital,” he said

can call

how bad she looked–her face pale as a

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no idea what had happened

reason, he had

was

Bright.

Defiant.

yet refusing to

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

the background, the

She was already irritated.

a step toward

say

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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