ANMELDEN“Oh, what’s the harm…” He held up the packet of powder. “This is supposed to kill you. Come morning, your body will be buried under the rose bushes. My employers wanted to dump you somewhere else, but… Well, you’re a good kid, despite everything. I felt like it was only fair to put you someplace nic
Liora’s POVMy head ached something fierce.I groaned, squeezing my eyes shut tight before blinking them open. My vision blurred, the dark ceiling swimming and swaying above me. An overwhelming feeling of nausea came over me, and before I could stop it, I’d turned my head and retched.When it was fi
I turned slowly, taking it all in. My mother leaned in the doorway beside Zane with her arms crossed tightly over her chest.“Like I said,” she muttered. “Gone. Took off the moment she had a chance to. With my dress and everything.” She shook her head bitterly. “I mean, it makes no sense! I told her
Callum’s POV“Zane, what point are you trying to make? You’re talking in circles.”“The point is that I think you owe me a little credit, Callum,” Zane huffed. “I mean, I’m basically the whole reason you two are even together right now! I feel like that deserves some kind of acknowledgment at minimu
“Something subtler,” Callum’s mother added.“Yes.” Callum’s father paused.. “There are other ways to handle it. Something that looks natural. An accident, maybe, or…”I didn’t linger to hear the rest of it.I pushed off the wall. My heart was slamming so hard I could feel it in my ears, my throat, m
Liora’s POVMy stomach sank as I heard those words.“I could hardly keep a straight face all through dinner,” Callum’s mother said. “Seeing her sit there in my gown like she had any business wearing it.”A soft clink of crystal followed. His father’s voice, flat and dry, responded: “What possessed y
Liora’s POV“Here. Sit here. You want some water?” Callum gently lowered me onto a stone bench in the hallway and crouched in front of me. I shook my head, too choked up to speak. I hadn’t been able to walk out of the room on my own; I’d collapsed, knees buckling out from under me, the moment I’d sa
Liora’s POV“Mia!” I dropped to my knees and immediately removed her gag while Callum worked at her hands and wrists. Once she was untied, she threw her arms around my neck, sobbing into my hair. I held her close, just rocking her.Over her shoulder, I met Callum’s gaze. That silver hue was still pr
Liora’s POVAmbrose’s lips curled nastily.“Can I help you, Liora?” he sneered.I stared at the scene, my phone trembling in my hand now. It wasn’t Mia who Ambrose had taken to his room. It was his own fiancee.She must have followed him at the same time I went to find Mia. They must have come strai
Liora’s POVAmbrose turned to me. His movements were slow, unhurried. Deliberate.There was that curve of his mouth again. Not a smile, but something darker and more predatory.“That’s a good girl.” His voice slipped into my mind—not a mindlink. A memory. And yet, when I tried to grasp it, it slippe







