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

so much. Why don’t you tell

Sierra didn’t stop walking.

Love her?

that naive

and the others felt–maybe

But love?

Tell them?And then

the end, she

She wasn’t stupid.

Shane was too powerful.

was just a prison

knew what his real

His influence was everywhere.

one dared to

And the Xanders?

against someone like

she stepped outside,

hadn’t realized until now–she had been locked in there

That lunatic.

her body finally registering the stiffness in her

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exhausted, aching

to go to

To see her grandmother.

she saw that it had shut

the house,

even more cautious

A car passed by.

stopping

tensed, thinking it was

window

voice was as calm

“Sierra? Need a ride?”

face,

ended up looking like this in just

“No.”

Her response was immediate.

didn’t need help from

She didn’t trust anyone.

arrived in prison, there had been

had been naive back

She had believed them.

realize later that it had all been a cruel

had learned her

one could

wariness in her

the hospital,” he said after a

call someone

idea how bad she looked–her face pale as a sheet, her

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what had happened to

some reason, he had already helped her more than

was her

Bright.

Defiant.

refusing to

Sierra wasn’t listening anymore.

the

She was already irritated.

toward

she could say anything, the

Everything spun.

Then, darkness.

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