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

Finished

don’t you

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

wasn’t that

Bradley and the others felt–maybe

But love?

them?And

get angry. Retaliate. But in the end, she would be the one

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

was just

knew what

His influence was everywhere.

dared

And the Xanders?

against someone

outside,

until now–she had been locked in there

That lunatic.

her body finally registering the stiffness in

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was exhausted, aching

go to

To see her grandmother.

her phone, she saw that it had shut off at some

she entered the house, but in the end,

even more cautious

A car passed by.

stopping beside

it was Shane

the window

as

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

flickered over her face, his brows

had she ended up looking like this in just one

“No.”

Her response was immediate.

didn’t need help

She didn’t trust anyone.

she first arrived in prison, there had been

been naive

She had believed them.

to realize later that it had all been a cruel

had learned

one could

wariness in her

should go to the hospital,” he

can call someone

bad she looked–her face pale as a sheet, her clothes drenched in

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no idea what had happened to

had already

it was her

Bright.

Defiant.

refusing

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

in the background, the

She was already irritated.

a step toward him, ready

before she could say anything, the

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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