I hadn’t sounded pathetic in my entire life, but I did then, not wanting to believe it, but not being able to deny it.

“Listen to me. You’ve had a shock. You need to…”

“I can’t do this, Elias,” she said.

“Can’t do what?” I asked.

“Have you truly forgiven the debt?” she asked.

“Don’t talk to me about fucking money right now, Kayla!” I growled. “Can’t do what?”

“This life,” she said.

She looked to the coffee table, and I saw the box with my grandmother’s ring.

“What the fuck does that mean?” I yelled.

She brushed past me, headed for the door.

She had nothing in her hands, nothing at all.

She reached for the doorknob.

“You’ll figure it out,” she said.

Then she was gone.

The series concludes with Wicked Reign!

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