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,