Her Heart, His Deadly Secret

of the car seat felt c

eel, the other holding hers tightly. His smile was warm,

nd, her own smile just as bright. "Almost the

va said, a genuine laugh in her voice

ng her hand. "A final getaway before we' re

away. Mark had insisted Chloe come along, saying she helped plan the whole thing

st. The polished city skyline disappeared behind them, replaced by dry fields and

d the road ahead. Two me

aded. "Mark,

ine cut out, and the sil

His own hand was sweating

ark

s eyes. It was replaced by something cold, somethi

eet smile now twisted into a snee

d Ava' s arm, his grip like iron. She cried ou

elp me!" she screamed,

ked away, h

stumbled and fell. She looked up at the compound beyond the gate. The c

ice washed

as recognition. A deep, s

ew thi

rying to forget this place, three yea

sound catching in her thr

er to loom above her. She nudged Ava' s

was just sitting there, Ava. All that money, lock

g about?" Ava choked

e of groceries. "Especially for someone like you. Unbroken. Pretty. They' ll get the mon

g into her skin. Her fiancé and his lover, selling her. Not just selli

led up in her chest. It

building in the center of the compound. The window o

ad owned her, body and soul. The man

words tasting of blood and dust. "

stared, confused b

to pretend she was normal, to erase the past. She' d gotten eng

scape to had just sold her righ

was suffocatin