chapter 21

Chapter 21: The Velocity of BetrayalThe scream of the jet’s engines was a physical assault, a high-pitched wail of dying machinery that vibrated through my very teeth. Gravity became a predatory force, dragging us toward the floor as the cabin tilted at a nauseating forty-five-degree angle.Dante didn’t let go of my throat. Even as the emergency lights flickered to a hellish, rhythmic red, his grip remained an iron shackle. The cold barrel of the .45 pressed into my temple, a silent, lethal question."I didn't do it!" I shrieked over the roar of the depressurizing cabin. "Dante, look at me! If I wanted to destroy you, I would have done it in the penthouse! I wouldn't be on a falling plane with you!"Dante’s eyes were two pits of black ink. The obsession was still there, but it had curdled into something far more dangerous: the rage of a predator who realized he’d invited the blade into his own bed."Father," he rasped. It wasn't a question. It was a curse."He lied to both of u

chapter 22

Chapter 22: The Thermal DebtThe wind didn't just blow; it screamed, a high-pitched, banshee wail that tore through the jagged remains of the fuselage. Snow was piling up against the broken aluminum walls, sealing us into a tomb of white and silver.I dragged Dante’s heavy, unresponsive body into the cramped corner of the tail section, my muscles screaming in protest. Every inch of my skin felt like it was being flayed by microscopic razors of ice. My silk dress, once a symbol of my gilded cage, was now a wet, frozen rag clinging to my shivering frame."Dante, breathe," I choked out, my teeth chattering so hard I could barely form the words.He lay against the sub-zero metal, his skin the color of ash. The massive gash on his ribs had stopped bleeding, but only because the cold was beginning to freeze the edges of the wound. His breath was a shallow, hitching rattle."Don't you dare die," I hissed, grabbing his face with my numb hands. "You spent six million on me. You don't get

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