red her dissection tools, and, with a qui
she located the young woman's b
er fingers brushed against somethin
d the body back up, and returned
d tightly, she left the
as soaked, she could only
it at the station, she
ed home, dawn had beg
y met with a sudden flood of light. She raised a
ed her hand to see her stepmother, Shelly Harvey,
lingering on her tear-stained eyes. A sneer crept across
elly's sharp remarks, yet ea
been kind and nurturing and she had genuinely car
Shelly seemed uninterest
new funding soon, we'll be bankru
t sent a proposal. Becker has expressed interest in you. If you marry him,
dened, shock ripp
- rumors swirled about his violent streak,
be like walking int
ught, Eleanor said,
use
mocking laugh, her eye
re some treasured heires
sharply, and gripped Eleanor's chin, her
her is gone, and I'm in charge now. Yo
defiance, hatred simmering
etermined to throw her into the jaws of d
h insincere warmth. "Eleanor, the Fergusons are a respected family in Krixsas. Marr
Fergusons are so wonderful, why
cracked, revealing the
ing in close. "I have far better prospects th
t out a bi
rol of the Harvey family, relegating Eleanor, th
ury made you forget who you real
te's face went pale, a flicker of her pa
r scowl directed at Eleanor. Turning to the nearby bodyguards, she shouted,