Selena stepped into the center

she's even colluding with outsiders and sneaking into the estate. Leaving her ali

ll silent for

ien finds out about this,

"Kill her first, and if Lucien asks, we'll

ued quickly behin

eized and taken o

ins wrap around her ankles, she let out a soft laug

id, "He said it himself, a trait

aid no

ad been cornered by a rival gang in an aba

r throat, she had been cer

nfire exploded, and Lucien

pital, the first person she saw

aid, "From now on, you

en had let others chain her to an

rushed into her nose and mo

nd everything, and everything between her

as about to fade, a dark fi

s Luc

into his arms, tore away the chains, and

ed deathly ashen as she sai

n the deck, forced open her clenched

gs, and Mira coughed violently

churning with emotions she could not understand: pain, fury

"I don't want to die again... the sea is so dar

k sharply. What did s

uld ask, Mira lo

ked at the guards, "Everyone involved in

the ceiling, her body mostly unharmed, but her heart f

and said quietly, "Miss Hawthorne was released last night, Mr. Yates said

offee cup slipped to the flo

ng it

the storm inside them, and s

g a strawberry cake from Escye, and Lucien had immediately sent a private j

e had answered with complete seriousness, "If yo

she had bel

o the person who wanted

ar

was a

hout a sound. From beginning to end, she had

ily convened an emerg

"Lucien, Mira must die

right, deal with her now before

id, his gaze sweeping across the room, his voice ca

room erupte

dug her nails into her palm s

tor, Lucien had threat

o matter what Mira had done-betrayal, escape, an

turned away, she sent a message to one

ut of Lucien's private es