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  1. Cover
  2. PART I
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. PART II
  10. 7
  11. 8
  12. 9
  13. 10
  14. 11
  15. 12
  16. PART III
  17. 13
  18. 14
  19. 15
  20. 16
  21. 17
  22. 18
  23. 19
  24. PART IV
  25. 20
  26. 21
  27. 22
  28. 23
  29. 24
  30. 25
  31. PART V
  32. 26
  33. 27
  34. 28
  35. 29
  36. 30
  37. 31
  38. PART VI
  39. 32
  40. 33
  41. 34
  42. 35
  43. ALSO BY THEODORA TAYLOR
  44. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

She looked directly at Victor as she answered his cousin’s question. “I had to use the bathroom—like, really had to use it. I’m not sure how long ago you two kidnapped me, but I’m figuring it’s been hours. And before that, the judge held me back for a little conversation. Pretty sure he thought you were trafficking me like dear old dad.”

Rage spiked inside of him that she would dare bring up his dead father. Also, they didn’t traffic women anymore. Han had insisted on cutting girls out of their product offerings when Victor asked him to help him create The Silent Triad. And they’d already let Kuang know that this was the one part of his business they refused to touch. But he didn’t want to give Dawn the satisfaction of telling her that.

And apparently, neither did Phantom.

“Congratulations, Mrs. Zhang,” he said with a mocking tone as he opened the back door. “Hope you had a nice shit.”

“I did. Thanks for asking, Phan-Phan!” she answered, her tone ten times as mocking. “And congratulations to you, too. I just thought you were a little off when you broke into a high school to threaten three underaged boys. But you’ve really upped your psycho with this kidnapping stuff.”

For once, Phantom didn’t have a smart comeback. And even if he had, she slipped into the car before she could receive his retort.

Something visible ticked in Phantom’s jaw as he asked Victor through clenched teeth, “You sure about this, man?”

No. No, Victor wasn’t sure at all.

She had changed, Victor noted. Gone was the girl who could barely look him in the eye. The sweet teenager who had always tried to be kind to his glowering cousin despite Phantom’s enmity was nowhere to be found.

That girl had been an illusion, Victor reminded himself. She had been playing him all along. He couldn’t let himself forget that he decided as he climbed into the car.

No matter how hard she made his cock.

Ten years. Ten years for her to rot, the same as his father would have if he had lived.

Ten years for him to inure himself to her. His only weakness.

He’d leave Dawn her family at the end of the sentence as he’d promised. But by the time he was done with her, family would no longer matter. He planned to break her, to destroy her mind and soul. The girl who played him for a fool would never hurt him again.

And then, he would finally be free. This, he assured himself as they drove away from the town hall.

4

DAWN

“Are you taking me back to New York now?” I asked as soon as Victor got into the car.