Her Heart, His Deadly Secret

nst my skin. My fiancé, Mark, was driving, his hand

s beamed, "Almost there, Ava. Yo

ng my hand. "A final getaway before we' re o

ad. The city disappeared, replaced by dry fi

guarded by two men with rifles. My

nce was sudden and heavy. Mark let go of my h

d, but the warmth was gone from his e

e twisted into a sneer. "He

k, what is this? Help me!" I screamed, my eyes l

ed and fell. I looked up at the compound

A deep, soul-crushing recognition. I knew this place. I had spent two y

sound catching in my thro

"Your inheritance was just sitting there, A

ng about?" I choked

omeone like you. Unbroken. Pretty. They' ll get the money out

iancé and his lover, selling me back t

ds, at the main building. The man I once loved. The man who had o

rds tasting of blood and dust. "Yo

d a new life, to pretend I was normal. I got

cape to had just sold me right

ating. I was home. And I w