Voss estate like angry fingers clawing at the glass, a violent symphony to match the chaos stirring within its stone wa
ady. But she
the distance, men shouted orders. Boots pounded down the hallway. Another secret meeting. Another plan to s
enched around t
ntacted a pilot, packed a bag, even paid a bribe to a guard. One chance
d the moment Rosa knoc
nt, Miss Elena. Your father sa
ed at her blan
rchesi heir arr
zo Ma
s enough to make
s twisted into a smirk that felt more like a threat. She remembered the way h
ng to c
t she would never belo
e had
-
r the low light, a cruel mirror of the emerald necklace lying in the black box
ays, eyes sharp and fingers twitching near their weapons. Her father's top lieutenants mi
symbol, no
without
le
Voss was an imposing man-broad-shouldered, his presence heavy lik
ur mother," he sa
herit her freedom,"
ilities far greater than yourself. You
That she didn't want any of this? That s
him lead her to
was alre
navy suit, dark hair slicked back, face expressionless. But his eyes-those cold, unreada
d, nodding once
lied, voice coo
defiance amused him. But it wasn't amusement-it was control. He en
with," Elena mutter
r, his voice low enou
aid, "But you'll learn. In time, you
ood ra
-
wn the dark corridors. She knew every passage of the estate, every blind spot in the s
one was alr
le
fr
so
taut with worry. He wore black like the
wait by the gat
ards. Something's wro
we leave now. We go to th
n rocked th
beneath them. Cries rang out. Gunshots
hell-" J
Elena whispere
ho
me from the g
tol in one hand, blood on his sleeve. Behind him
e said, "You're
is gun. "Over
flinch. "That c
un!" Jaso
was t
pinning her arms behind her. She k
his gun and shoot him point-blank in the shoulde
screamed.
hed slowly, eye
urmured, brushing her cheek with his gl
t in hi
t away, ca
d. You'll need that fi
at, he
er," he
thought would be her esc