THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECOND CHANCE BETRAYAL
Something inside it looked rotten, and thick red sap poured out into the sea, leaving the water dark and oily.
“Mommy, my hands!” Hope’s shout broke through everything.
June’s heart nearly stopped. There was Hope, just five, standing by the water. Her little fingers turning black—and still she wasn’t crying. She just stared at the rising Black Sun on the horizon, eyes wide and empty.
“It’s calling me,” Hope whispered, that small voice rasping like dry leaves in the wind. “The Reaper says the memories are lies. He says humans just hurt each other. He says darkness is the only truth.”