grabbed a priceless Ming dynasty vase from the mantel

nds. "We cannot let that feral girl ruin ou

cenary light entered his eyes. "She's beautiful," he muttered. "An

ked timidly on Helen's bedroom door. He

the butler said nervously. "It's the paperwor

pers from his hands, walked over to the small paper shredd

and ground the docu

her voice like grinding stone, "I would

m his upper lip and scurri

he heard the news, but he swallowed h

oor open. Two maids followed her, their arms full o

are my cast-offs," she sneered. "You can borrow one for the char

read out on a towel, methodically calibrating a tiny metal gear with a micro-screwdriv

ther," Helen said flatly.

orward, grabbing a hot pink dress from a maid, i

napped up. Her

her wrist. It grazed right past Candice's ear, shattering the heavy crystal v

dress and stumbled backward, clu

ce, her presence filling the room with a suffo

ran down the hall. The maids

s door. He didn't enter. He stoo

Fredy demanded. "If you refuse, I will cut off every cent of f

stopped moving. A violent, murd

edy didn't know that. He was using a ghost

he looked at Fredy's smu

ictorious look. He though

her mind was already calculating. She would use his gala to find