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n the master bedroom of the Hamptons estate. She smoothed her h
would marry
kind of pressure that made her lu
s of the bedroom pushed o
walked in. Arvilla wore a burgundy velvet ro
he shoved one of the flutes into Deliah's hand, forcing the glas
d burned the back of her throat. "
ing, she tilted her glass and poured the remaining champa
s skin. She gasped, stumbling back half a
er velvet robe and pulled out a crumpled piece of
ultrasound
, her voice dripping with ve
and white image. Her stomach dropped, twisting into a vi
eet merger," Arvilla stepped closer, her
n, violent wave of dizziness hit her. The roo
ed onto the Persian velvet rug
walked to the hallway, and dragged a heavy red met
f fuel instantly overpowered
hing the thick liquid everywhere-over the
vy body forward across the rug. She reached out wit
heel of her slipper. She reached into her pssed it onto the soaked rug, stepped out of the room, and pull
meters into the air, a roaring beast
oughed violently. The searing pain in her chest cut through
vanity. She crawled toward the locked doors, her muscl
The fire was eating the oxygen.
to-ceiling glass doors leading to the seco
raised the heavy candlestick with both ha
red into a milli
the opening, rolling out onto the stone balcony a
A massive wave of heat and pressure blas
over the edge
med into the freezing, violent waters
d her legs, breaking the surface. She gasped for air, tasting salt and blood
this, she pro
y the blast, broke free and plummeted from above. It
The world went completely black
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