mouth to state
the sharp, rapid clicking of stiletto
uing bled through t
pt, the double doors were violently sho
designer dress and carried a limited-edition Birkin bag. She
e, her face twisting in disgust. "Go
the room and
ack turtleneck, and the lack of any visible de
ll. "Why is there a stray dog in my cousin
aised her hand, aiming a hard shove at A
e, t
eyes we
ame down, Ayla shifted her weight slightly
fingers around P
utal twist, Ayla
pop echoed
buckled under the intense pain, and she dropped to t
etting Penelope's arm dro
own her face. She looked up at the bed. "Aron
ure in the r
face was a mask of pure, terrifying
ked at
Aron's voice was a lethal whisper
stantly cutting off. She star
single glance. "Revoke her access to the estate. If she
" Penelope shrieked, he
k of her expensive dress, hauling her up like a ragdol
ed shut, cutting off
erous rage in his eyes vanished in an insta
erruption," Aron said sm
nd. She liked how he handle
d closer t
pound X-7,"
pping on the bedsheets. H
loped in one of his underground labs. It wasn't something money could buy.
lating the risk, weighing the danger of this g
s smile spread a
voice thick with a promise, "I won't just give y
hed upward in a r
t it. Their palms slapped to
back. She pulled out her encrypted phone, dialing a familiar number. "Clotilde," Ayla said softly as the line conn
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