eep, guttural growl that vibrated through

s screeched against the wet asphalt as she merg

hrashed back and forth in a frantic, losing battle against the downpour. The sky was pitch black,

. Her knuckles ached. The bandage on her fo

of her car lit up with

rror. Two high-beam headlights we

Ferrari. Kayl

ritted her teeth and jerked the steering wheel t

lurched forward, the front bumper kissing the rear of the Porsc

ging the edge of a steep, guardrail-less cliff tha

her foot down o

ng ha

floorboard with zero resistance. I

er lungs. She pumped the brakes fr

raulic fluid was

rear tires lost traction. The car began to fishtail violen

ammed directly into the driver's

etic force threw Isabella to the left. Her head smashed bru

dding sideways toward the bl

rids, but also because it ran directly parallel to the sprawling, heavily fortified Wells family

ed private access road she recognized from high society prop

lenched tight, his eyes locked onto her spinning car with terrifying intensity. He must have been returning fr

his brakes. He slamme

way from Isabella. But the momentum carried the SUV forward. It acted as a

air, and rolled three times before smashing upsid

trajectory, slammed head-on into th

ive punch to her face. The dashboar

d in her chest. Several ribs snapped, the jagge

ood filled her mouth, tasting like hot iron. She was trapped in t

e door of the Fe

black umbrella over her head. Her pristine white d

wet pavement as she casually strolled ov

ow. She crouched down, the umbrella shielding her fro

It was a wide

voice easily cutting through the sound of the rain.

rkening at the edges. She tried to sp

think hired the dark web hackers to make those deepfake videos of

back with that NDA you signed? Daddy's legal team altered the clauses yesterday. Yo

ned hotter than the pain of her crushed bones. She coughed, viole

he locked her eyes onto Kaylie's face, burni

a freezing, numbing cold that started

owing. The blackness

sabella's heart beat one final t