THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECOND CHANCE BETRAYAL
“But he’s not. He’s inside the oven. He’s the New Baker.”
“He’s not here for bread, June,” Gabe said. He stood behind them, white hair blowing wild in the heat. “He’s baking time. He wants to rewrite everything—go back, erase your family from baking, wipe out your whole life so he owns the future.”
Suddenly, the oven’s door started to open. Not like a regular door—it slid down into the ground. A river of liquid gold spilled out, melting the grass, turning dirt into burning glass.
“The seed!” June reached for the tiny black seed tucked in the book. Heavy as lead, freezing cold in the middle of all that fire. “Gabe said someone has to plant it. Right in the fire.”