Chapter 28

ELIZA

The cold air nipped at my skin as I stood in the shadows, watching Raina from a distance. Her laugh rang out faintly, carried by the breeze, and it felt like a knife slicing through my chest. She thought she had won, didn’t she? She thought she had taken everything—Alex, the spotlight, the life I deserved. But she was wrong.

This was only the beginning.

I tightened my coat around me, biting back a shiver as I replayed the past few days in my mind. Every painstaking moment of stalking her, every fragment of information I’d gleaned, had led me here. The truth about Dominic being her brother had been a revelation, but it wasn’t enough. Not yet. And then there was Liam—the child Alex and Raina had fought so hard to protect. If only I could get my hands on that little bastard, to finish what I started.

But Alex had to ruin everything by teaming up with that stupid bitch to keep him safe.

My phone buzzed in my pocket, pulling me from my thoughts. Vaness