Falcon's Fury: The Heiress Returns

grim. After a battery of tests, the

ologically scarred; sh

hidden by the tattered dress. The doctor pointed to

cigarettes or a lighter, littered her arms and le

e doctor said, his voice carefully neutral. "Whipping, be

I listened. These monsters. M

course. Child Protective Serv

rents' incapacity. I'll take full responsibility." I showe

d nurse watching over her, I drove back to the Ster

m, sipping tea, looking entirely unco

la asked, not even b

Where she'll stay

va. I told you, she pre

vidence of beatings,

ive hand. "Clumsy girl

e starv

a picky

your things packed and out

laying on her lips. "This house? Oh, A

the room. "Robert and I are married. This is

hand over your half. Now. For th

ialized from the hallw

nket gives you powe

halves. Then Falcon International will have a real

rward, his hand outstretche

e on a chain beneath my shirt. "

fficult. We can do this the

moved in. I backed away, b

One pinned my arms while the oth

eyes gleaming. She clicked it together with

ed, a predator's grin. "No