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e impact sent a sharp spike of pain through her collapsed lungs, cutting off her oxygen. She gasped, her fingers digging into
n rattled against
one sliced through the dead silence of the ap
den splinter from the unfinished floorboards sliced into her index finger. A th
d on the shattered screen
tly twisted into a violent cramp in her st
ed finger tapped the
ud chatter of a high-society wedding inst
e through the speaker. His tone was cold, dripping wit
her trust fund had gone, but her ruined voc
Axel chuckled. The sound was a physical blow to her
t contract so hard it felt lik
wall. It shattered. A piece of hard plastic bounced back and slice
ealed," Axel declared over the phone. "Your soci
forward and vomited a mouthful of black blood. The dark liquid soaked into
echoed from the receiver
ded like a death threat. "Do you like my dress? It's the haute coutu
ed a fire that consumed the
screen to end the call. Her muscles gave out. She collapsed b
s whisper. "Your parents' private jet crash? It wasn't an a
hammer, shattering the very f
ream tore from her throat. The physical tearing of her voca
police officer. Her legs remained entirely motionless. The sev
wedding guests were cheering their vows. Every clap was
The moldy ceiling above her began to recede, swallowed by ma
o of Axel and Fay smiling. The hatred was so absolute that her fin
r eye, tracing a clean path through th
physical silence in t
finally drained. Only the howling wind of the S
ed at something invisible within her. Annab
ceiling, staring at her own emaciated, lifeless body on
heek. Her translucent fingers pass
gone. But the fire of betrayal burne
the apartment door
buckled under a massive external force. A sharphe door open. The blinding white beams of their tactical flas
rtment. His expensive leather shoes crunched over the broken plastic on the floor
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