HELENA REED POV

Everything was fucked up. My life. our plans, and all the money we thought we would have once Kaida was out of the picture.

It was too bad that instead of celebrating her death, it was Lucien fighting for his life in the hospital. And if it was anything from my last chat with the doctor—the cops had barely allowed it—even if he survived, he wasn't going to be like he was before.

And no one gave a fuck about us. The scandal already painted us as the villain, and with Lucien kidnapping my dad and then proceeding to try and rape Kaida in the conference room...