Trial a nice meal at home.
Not Maeve walking toward them.
cream. I figured since I had some free time, I’d
she was a tiny, frail thing who had fainted from larogt hunger right in front of
fter talking to her, he learned shewasheroasha orphanacho had been
e often hungry and sometimes abans husedh@bra had run away on her own, ive and almost starved itovdeath death.
he went through the legaleplegalsprocess to adopt her.
hree or four-year-old old. Wholer isder his careful care, she was healthy and inated by medicine, often, saften saying she wanted to be a doctor just like
i wanted we came tzeam bastitime, Let’s go get some today.”
hem strolled through the marke
f her own past.
h Corbin Vance. They would buy groceries ly could have.
shop onde on the biner. He bought her a cone and watched her with a
Drag ang punthy pure joy, a white ring of cream staining her lips.
Lake bare with a thaue
Revoltge of jyalousy so noteruse it made her feel sick.
rried around their feet, barking playfully.
n’t see Cora.
time.
anywhere.
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nas raced as she stared at Cora.
dmachter’ I’m the real one!”
rching every corner of the street.
Cora was being pinned against the wall. Brynn Sterling had her hand clamped firmly over
ith a mix of spite and vengeance. She kicked the smaller girl hard. “You little bastard! Rowan I seed! Don’t you dare try to steal my father from me!”
. She fell to the ground, sobbing in silent terror.
er, he saw Brynn desperately trying to keep Cora quiet, pinching her skin and whispering
I’ll kill you!”
ing into a primal scream.
controllably.
de with enough force to send her stumbling, and snatched Cora into his arms.
g look. He carefully tucked the girl lier just hours ago, was now covered in dirt. Her face was marked with red handprints from
‘ere scraped raw, and there were countless bruises blooming on her skin.
is and stay sane.
by the shoulder, and delivered a brutal slap to her face.
my daughter?”
at home.
ig toward them.
red since I had some free time, I’d
rs streaming down her face as she let out a heartbroken wail. “I’m your daughter!
through the market like any other
ast.
nce. They would buy groceriesse
another slap.
Brynn’s screaming.
vibrating with a dangerous coldness. “Listen to me very carefully. I am not Corbin Vance,
er again, I will make you pay a price you can’t imagine!”
away, carrying Cora back toward the house.
ns tightly around Rowan’s neck, her voice small and trembling. “Dad… are you really that
their feet, barking playfully.
felt his heart clench.
id against his chest as he whispered words of comfort. “Corie isn’t a bad girl. And you didn’t
tad.”
ase was horrified by what she saw.
wounds and soothing her until she finally fell into a fitful sleep.
ad furrowed in distress, her small face filled with anxiety.
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ad her hand clamped on hombrer
girl hard. You Male base bastard Rowan
and grim. This can’t go on.”
irned, Sloane would eventually get the hint and leave them alone.
at they were willing to hurt a child.
pinching hoeker skin and whispering
red bed Cora into his arms.
evas marked with red handprints from blooning on her skin.
: face
ken wail. “I’m your daughter! I’m the real
very carefully. I am not Corbin Vance,
agine!”
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