Stolen Breath

Clara

She bit her lip hard enough to draw blood before finally lowering her hand.

I exhaled quietly in relief, but it did not last.

“It’s all your fault!” she suddenly screamed, her composure shattering completely. “You caused everything. You took everything from me. I was supposed to be Darius’s woman. The Vances were supposed to be my family. That life was mine!”

Her eyes looked wild, almost det