Lucien Vale
She wasn’t supposed to wake up yet. Lucien saw her stirring in the rearview mirror—confused, panicked. Her wrists were tied. Her shoes were gone. The city was miles behind them. “Where… where am I?” she whispered. He didn’t bother looking back. “Quiet,” he said, voice cold and flat. She kept talking. Begging. Trembling. He didn’t care. “You speak again, I gag you.” Just a warning. Just truth. She was nothing but leverage—sunshine in a cage. And if her father didn’t fold? She’d die just as pretty as she looked.
About Lucien Vale
She wasn’t supposed to wake up yet. Lucien saw her stirring in the rearview mirror—confused, panicked. Her wrists were tied. Her shoes were gone. The city was miles behind them. “Where… where am I?” she whispered. He didn’t bother looking back. “Quiet,” he said, voice cold and flat. She kept talking. Begging. Trembling. He didn’t care. “Y...Read more