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e the house. It was dark, the streetlights casting long shadows.

e on, illuminating the prison I had just escaped. I felt n

minutes later. I sli

?" the dr

s family

e a surprised look in the rearview

, offering no

towards the foothills where the Mays family lived. Their estate was massive, surr

bag, his expression a mixture of confusion and suspicion. He spo

and stone manor that looked more like a f

t was opened from the inside by a man in a butle

ards a brightly lit room. As we approached,

r, but her reputation is just awful.

s Bri

surge of fury washed over me. She h

large decorative screen and step

She was putting on a show for the Mays family elders, including Collier's st

g over Britany, playing the

e... over some man we don't

hinned in a clear e

the room, sharp and cold. "I wasn't

ent. Every head t

the room, my gaze fixed on Britany

he looked like she'd seen a ghost.

are you doing here

to the man in the main armchair and gave a sli

his sharp eyes

's judgmental stare. My eyes swept

e he

the corner, shrouded in shadows, as if he ex

but I knew. I could feel it. Hi

ling myself. My voice rang

to give Alpha Co

me. I stopped directly in front of his chair, leaning down slightly t

my voice dropping to a more intimate, but still audible, level