HEIRESS REBORN
She’s stiff, trembling, her breaths high-pitched and panicked.
“Stay down,” I snap, though my voice breaks halfway. My arms lock around her, pulling her to the ground as her knees buckle.
Behind me, there’s a scuffle, shouts, curses, Damien’s grunt of effort as he wrestles with Sasha. Her scream pierces through the ringing in my ears.
Then, the slip.
A high heel scraping on loose gravel. The sickening lurch of weight shifting.
I twist in time to see her body tip backward, her face wild, arms flailing. Her hand claws at the air, and then she finds purchase.