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

Finished

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

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

wasn’t that

what Bradley and the others

But love?

Tell them?And then

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

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

was just

who knew what his

His influence was everywhere.

one dared to

And the Xanders?

going against someone like him for

soon as she stepped outside, the blinding sunlight hit

until now–she had

That lunatic.

deeply, her body finally registering

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exhausted,

needed to go to

To see her grandmother.

her phone, she saw that

the house, but in the end, it

was even more cautious

A car passed by.

stopping beside

tensed, thinking it was

the window rolled

voice was as calm as

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

flickered over her face, his brows

looking like this in

“No.”

Her response was immediate.

need help

She didn’t trust anyone.

had been people

had been

She had believed them.

that it had all

learned her

one could

the wariness

the hospital,” he

can call someone

no idea how bad she looked–her face pale as

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had no idea what

reason, he had already helped

was her

Bright.

Defiant.

yet refusing to

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

the background,

She was already irritated.

toward him,

could say anything,

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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