Reborn Heiress: Escaping Her Traitorous Fiancé

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ded wildly in my ribcage, beating a frantic drumbeat in the suffocating darkness. I gasped for ai

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raise my hand to touch my throbbing head, but something rough and tight bound my wrist

I looked down, tracing the outline of my body. A simple dress, torn at

s al

e a physical blow. I had b

ping a dry branch. My entire body went rigid. Every muscle tig

ile of moldy burlap sacks, and then, in the corner, a gl

oulders screamed in protest, but I ignored them. I stretched my fingers, tensed them, until my

was kicked open

e exit. The stench hit me first-a nauseating mixture of ro

gaze swept over me, a cruel, yellow-t

is voice was low and raspy, like r

lacing it with a mask of pure terror. I made

oser," I stammered, my voice

toward me, each step thundering through the

t, creating a perfect blind spot, my hands behind my back moved frantically. The sha

d snapped. My

e skin of my collarbone, the fear in my eyes vanis

don't to

oft abdomen. The force propelled me backward across

"You goddamn bitch-" and lunged, his massive

an instant before. In the same fluid motion, I swung the rusty

for his fe

d, a piercing shriek of agony. "Ah-! My leg! My-!

rom my messy bun. With the precision honed from a lifetime of fighting

shock, a gurgling sound com

from the wound. Then his massive body cra

ed out the hairpin, wiped the blood on his

s pockets. A folding knife. Car keys. M

n," I wh

came from the wood

ces. I had t

pidated window. I shoved it open, ignoring the splinte

through my thin shoes, but I didn't stop. I ran for my life

owing the path ahead. Branches whipped across my face and

ser. "She ran! After her!

a toxic cocktail in my veins,

ed tree root snaking a

n tore from my throat as I lost my balan

r the impact with

th something solid and

me with startling ease. An aura of immense power, the pres

ng in my chest. My terrified gaze met

ered half his face, gleaming coldly in the frag

voice caught

it slightly, as if examining

ed with a lazy amusement. "But that's

g wild and dangerous-flooded my senses. My hand instinctively tig

ced myself to ask, m

his arm and lifted me off the grou

hoed through the forest

ace of tension in his voice. "You kille

rom me?" I asked th

er fox mask curled upward

said. "But it's