“Felix, come here. I want to introduce someone to you,” Hayden said, motioning him over.   Felix followed Hayden to where Miranda was standing with James.   Hayden raised his…

Since Felix showed no sign of stopping, Miranda had no choice but to sit back and follow along.   The black Rolls-Royce Phantom cut through the snowy night, eventually pulling…

  Chapter 10  Alaric pushed open the door.  Arianne, phone in hand mid–text, froze. The smile on her face died instantly. Her gaze dropped to the phone in Alaric’s hand–her…

Chapter 9  “Didn’t they remove it?”  “We tried,” the surgeon said, shaking his head. “But it was lodged too deep. Forcing it out would’ve killed her. We had to opt…

Chapter 8  “But there’s no telling when Elysia will die,” Caleb murmured. “By then, I might not be able to protect you.”  “Remember,” Arianne said firmly, “you must not return…

Chapter 7  He couldn’t let me go through with the surgery. I couldn’t accept the fact that I might die at any moment, and I certainly couldn’t bear the agony…

Chapter 6  Elysia’s last words before she lost consciousness haunted Alaric.  “After I die… hand over the contents of my heart to the police…”  Those words echoed relentlessly in his…

Miranda had agreed to come along, but clearly, Felix planned to spend time comforting Xena.   Just then, an elderly figure with silvery white hair stepped up from the sunroom….

A sharp pain pierced Miranda’s chest. She kept telling herself she didn’t care anymore, but the anger was still there.   This time, she wasn’t going to let Mia go…

Miranda was the first parent to arrive at the classroom that afternoon. She had dressed up with care, making Mia beam with pride as she came skipping out, backpack in…