estate, the traffic blurring before her ey

acts. Friends? After five years with Jace, what friends

ft. Her childhood home. She

ve the driver the addres

he wealthy into a middle-class neighborhood

her stepmother, Pamela Stephens. Dressed in a tasteful lounge set, she register

ou have a fight with Jace?"

ry couple fights. You can't just run out like thi

ice full of exhaustion. "We're getting a

Are you insane? Do you have any idea

s glasses, and frowned at her. "Pamela is right, Ellery. Don't be so

worried about her. They were only

ed a place to stay for a few days,"

e put you? Your brother's old room is full of junk. You

arguing. Ellery nod

d dragged her

as she walked down the unfamilia

ily's teddy bear tightly to her chest. Lonelin

what she had left. A few changes of cl

vely went to her w

sank. Th

ne. That basta

only thing she owned that truly held s

of strength. She had to get it back. B

the ATM receipt from her pocket. The bank

orne

ust Jace's business rival. He was the infamous second son of the Hawthorne family, one of Chicag

is company, but she knew calling

and hungry. Was she really going

tel room, Blaise had tossed a card onto the nightsta

coat. Deep in an inner pocket, her fingers

card. On it was a single name, "Blaise

the man who had humiliated her and stol

racelet back overcame her pride. She took a d

felt like a lifetime b

voice said, laced wit