Rising From Hell: The Vengeful Heiress Returns

e of the thick rug. Alex lunged forward and caught

th. She forced her spine straight

he President's son of attempted murder is a catastrophic c

arms around her own torso, hugging herself tight, ensu

ting her voice crack and

illing over her cheeks. "Tricia was there. They had a thick manila folder. An an

c details-the folder, the pen-gav

n't betray our family's alliance. He got so angry. He said I was

ankle from where she had kicked Domenic. She turned her wrists over,

chest as if she couldn't breathe. "He said if I didn't break the

trike. The political implications of a stage

sper. "He slipped on the ice. He fell in, but he grabbed my arm! He tri

ra came running. I told her to help h

the perfect, loyal victim who had nea

ed her palm down on the small side table. The d

hal fury. "Send the Secret Service to the South

er encrypted radio. "And I'm calling the Whi

ck a warm, damp towel. Her hands, usually so steady, trembl

tened child. But beneath her lowered lashes, her gaze darte

ish supervision, the doctor examined Hester's shoulder, wrists

t, his face grim. He looked

ntirely consistent with a violent struggle a

of Elba's maternal denial. Her disappointment i

upted in the hallway outside. Men were

ere shoved open w

of his arms in an iron lock. He was soaking wet, wrapped in a silver thermal blanket tha

ool water onto the pristine carpet. His lips were blu

holding Domenic firmly in place. The second Dom

raining uselessly against the agents' unyielding grips. "

the sofa, curling into a tight ball behind Elba's back, th

gged into her private quarters, screaming like a lunatic, and

o Domenic's path, blocking his view of

iating from his mother. He thrashed against the agents, trying t

you, you lying bitc

ba, his expression professionally blank. "Ma'am. The assistant Nora was also recovered from the pool. Sh

Then her gaze returned to her son, and her voice d

out of