phin

off all ties to my past. I got a new phone

nd cool greys, a deliberate rebellion against the stuffy, class

rphed into giddy excitement. "Sera! You could buy the entire Blackwood Pac

nity, but it couldn't heal the wound in my s

an unknown number. I almost ignored

on the other end. "Is this.

vaguely familiar. "Th

our father's driver and gu

My father had been dead for ten

id, his voice heavy with exhaustion and guilt. "There's

a hammer blow. "That Rogue attack was planned! The emergenc

he phone almost slipp

pired with the Rogues to murder your pare

e. The uncle who had taken me in, who I though

red from my aunt and cousins in his hous

g hunted by Calvin's men, forced int

body ice-cold. Hallie rushed over to hold me,

r hatred was carved into my bones. Harlan, Cora, Calvin... th

e dragged me out of the apartment. "Even reveng

the most exclusive luxury

a new Chanel suit, had my long hair cut into a sharp, shoulder-leng

r was sharp, powerful,

w of a high-end couture boutique, I saw the

n and

ure intimate. Harlan wore a look of indulgent

ull me away, but

I wasn't the one wh

arlan's throu

his face vanished, replaced first by surpri

it, my killer heels-and a flicker of something unre

ssing herself into Harlan's side like a fright

ll here. A storm w