arted around
n less than three seconds, her brain logged the single wooden door, the sealed rehe moved too quickly. The IV line taped to the back of her han
, freezing
our arm
tone voice came from th
corner and into the clinical light. His movements were completel
clear, unobstruct
e eyes, the dark hair. Kian Sinclair IV. The global A-list actor
sed it. Her facial muscles snapped into a cold, unreadable
l physical distance between them. He picked up a sealed plastic bo
le, unscrewed the plastic cap with her thumb, and took a s
in a private clinic?" Sera asked. Her voice was blunt, raspy, and co
slipped his hands in
Kian replied smoothly. "I prefer
g the silence str
ontinued, his tone entirely casual. "No police. No pres
in her lungs finally loosened. She wouldn't have to fight a corrupt legal
t was a curt, professiona
't ask about her knuckles. He turned around and quietly
defensive posture. She slumped back against t
distraction of a physical threat, the horrific memories of her p
embered the metallic clinking of the chains around her wrists. She reme
her face. She saw Ethan Vance's messy, familiar signature on the botto
mother, Patricia Beaumont, giving a tearful, highly produced press conference. Patricia had dab
up across her ribs and legs, ghost injuries from a
to the soft flesh of her palms. She pressed until the skin broke and a sharp, groun
ked at the red digital cloc
a sharp, electric jolt of realization. It was the spring of five years before her death
iverse had violently ripped her backward through time. It
blurted confession in the
liberately sent her to Room 402 under the guise of an exclusi
pletely evaporated. It was replaced b
to hide. She wa
led by her toxic family. Her industry contacts were shallow. But her combat sk
spoiled, useless Hollywood socialite-was the absolute
he was going to systematically dismantle their care
ark glass of the windowpane. A cold, predat
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