disappeared down the winding, oak-

gave out completely. She sank onto the velvet sofa, her entir

fireplace, watching the ra

y, her tone weary as the house staff swept away the shards of broken porc

's private physician,

ere the hairpin had cut her skin, and administered an injection of safe progesterone to sta

days, the manor was

minic. No security teams ar

l arched windows, looking out at the endless grey Virginia rain, her hand resting over her stomach

, a sharp ringing

wildly against her ribs as she pulled a robe over h

in foyer, the

, the heavy receiver pressed to her ear. Her face, usually an

asked, her voice low. "Ar

ng the wooden banister so hard he

and looked up, meeting Cl

n hour ago," Vict

on Clara's chest. She dropped onto the step, the col

s time was of

re wing of the Montgomery Estate, the rhythmic b

up against a mounta

over her shoulders. Her face was pale, but her haze

ays without sleep. His large, calloused hand held her delicate fingers w

easured vulnerability. A single tear tracked down her cheek. "When the fire happened

his thumb brushing awa

npayable debt. "No one is leaving you. You saved my life from that bu

wet eyelashes, her lips curvi

while I was asleep? I know how much she looks

warmth in Dominic's eyes vanish insta

th her. She was a temporary

am of triumph in her eyes. She let out a small,

ounts are critically low after the prolonged immobiliz

essed the call button

tologist rushed into the room,

status?" Domi

ype matching makes standard donor bank blood risky due to potential antibody rejection. She requires direct whol

s eyes n

into his life in the first place. Her blood profile was an i

use," Dominic ordered, rising from his chair with col

out, grabbing h

mean Clara, do you? If

is voice brooking no argument. "She owes

ble of a Maybach engine broke t

dow, pulling the velve

nd a thick, cream-colored envelope. He walked up the steps

morning room, placing the envelope on the

ouse," Derek said, his voice flat. "He stated that he is willing t

eam envelope, her puls

at the formal Montgomery seal on the paper, knowing she had nowhere