re soaked, and her face was smeared with dirt. She look
tion and pure jealousy
as shrill and desperate. "She's cursed! She'll drag your whole fancy family s
eached the door of t
ly turne
ace stood a mother whose child had just been threaten
ayleigh. Her high heels sank into the mud with every step, but
forward, raising a hand. "M
the man off. He watched his w
ed right in fro
r mouth to speak again, Genev
ac
ow snapped Kayleigh's head to the side. She spun in a half-circle and stumbled, bar
d, touching he
e. She backhanded Kaylei
p split open, and a drop o
, tangled hair. She yanked her head back, for
is my daughter. She is the heir to an empire you cannot even comprehend. If you
mpletely gone, replaced by raw, tremblin
disgust. She wiped her hands on her expensive sla
eam and lunged forward, picking up a heavy rock from
his sidearm. A sharp, supp
e collapsed into the mud, clutching her r
stol. He had shot her perfectly in the knee
from the nearby trees. It shattered the last ounce of resi
ef ordered into his radio. "Tie the men
ch and the other men toward the heavy
, the one she had used to slap Kayleigh. He lift
ight sensation in her chest. It wasn't pain. It was th
t alone. Now, she saw what absolute,
he walked through the mud and slip
's hand tightly, holding on as if she was
Clare's eyes. "Did the loud noise sc
pression was completely calm
r up into his arms again. H
Silas said ove
rmored SUV, the guards began pouring gasoline
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