Chapter 121 Inherited Chains

• Hollis***
• The bitter wind cut through the darkness as they dragged me away from the mansion. The cold air bit at my skin, but it was nothing compared to the numbness that had settled deep within me. My hands were cuffed, my body moved with the stiff resistance of someone who had already lost.
• As they pushed me into the back of the squad car, I couldn’t help but glance back, half-expecting to see Hailey, desperate and fighting, to tear through the chaos and hold me. But the space where she’d stood was empty, swallowed by the darkness. My heart sank even deeper.