f memories that weren't entirely hers.. or maybe they were. The w

re. But I still can't

f he knew just how fragile she felt at that mom

ng her body to steady itself.

oat, pulling out a small, silver pendant. The second K

flashed throu

led back,

.promise..

n his eyes. "Don't forget." His voice w

had fo

d echoes from her past ringing in he

his expression unreadab

teady. "I don't remember. I

ore slipping the pendant into h

heat coiled through her veins, h

was now, but as someone o

her, always just wit

hit her li

t just abo

e war they had

in His W

s clenched into fists on her lap. The weight of the pendant in her pa

that she wasn't su

his car,

han to sit and watch bec

wning in unpaid bills and unanswered calls from creditors. Now, she was sitting beside t

emembered

f the seat, with his tailored suit hugging his powerful

m the glass of whiskey in his hand. His deep

s gaze. "Maybe because I don't

orward he rested his elbows on his knees and said "Kelly.. where do

th caugh

"You think miracl

ide her, she fought "No no

e was still alive. The hospital had said

enefactor was

fingers trembling. "Wh

tor amused by its prey. "Nothing much," he s

t pounde

gaze darkened. "And I alw

Is this

in her mind, col

a trap. And now, t

_

voice vibrated within the confines of the limousine. He s

p, the truth was heavy she couldn't deny it as muc

her mother

he had never

e with

pric

"It can't be...this is a mistake Rowel, it's all a mi

instead, he had a slow sip of his whiskey and leaned

h, almost amused." Whether you remember or not, a deal

n down Kel

started, but

you di

ne left no room for ar

ly. If this was true, that she had signed a deal with him unknow

softer, something almost submissive, and

ith a smirk, as if he could se

ad you

of a tall glass skyscraper; Kelly turned her head t

"Don Enterprises" inscribed on it d

the news. It was a corporate empire, one of the biggest in t

ell-mannered driver who ge

used for

own and reached for her hand and sa

d for a moment.

oss escorted a woman who didn't belong in this world.

ike a graveyard. Thick tension filled

s open, Rowel lets go

he said. "You will live here. U

quiver. "But y

y "I can" turning to her

ying to hide her true feelings. "W

hen another, and another, until.

hit the glass, and she lost her breath as h

why you came to me that night, why you begged me to s

art po

. His presence w

Rowel." she mana

her jaw. The touch was surprisingly gentle, yet

. "And when you do, you'll un

ering around her as if t

ppe

ed.

into a cage, and the maste

easily-he was wrong. She may seem w

nitely find a

nt taking him