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half-empty champagne flute in her hand. She bl

ok. The cold was seeping into her

against the roar of the ocean. "Of course I did,

he smell of expensive perfume

red, her voice dropping to a venomous hiss.

twisted into a tight knot. She raised her hand, a pur

hia's hand shot out. Her grip on Ha

fying shift in her expression ha

ent shove, Cynthia

, rusted railing. A sickening crack ec

eached out, her fingers desperately c

lee plunged into t

like a thousand needles piercing her skin. She opened her mouth to

the yacht sped away, shri

ts and her cheating fiancé flashed behind her eyelids.

h wood. A broken life preserver board. She clung to it, her knuckles

nto a numb,

irst into coarse, wet sand. The friction scraped

he surf. She was on an unfamiliar beach. A massiv

ed her bare feet through the sand, pushi

ck with the smell of strong liquor and a st

d. Her foot clipped a

s the floor wit

he darkness. Long fingers wrapped ar

ushed back into her throat as she was

man smelled of sweat and that dizzying her

e gasped, thr

led intensity, mistaking her for someone else. His han

the neckline of her wet dress. The fabric gave way with a sickening rip. A heavy, sharp metal cufflink on his sleeve caught the delicate skin just above her collarbone. The

ng. The metallic scent of her own blood mixed

hed over her, drowning h

ylee woke up to the sound of steady breathing

the room. She couldn't see

as she grabbed the torn pieces of her dres

bject rolled off the

e squeezed it in her fist, the sharp

ors, her legs shaking so badly s

he dark water. An old fishing boa

voice a raw, broken rasp. S

, shouted something and threw a

n agony. She collapsed onto the deck, t

y wool blanket over h

he opened her fist and stared at the he

rned away from the island. The black silhouette of t