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“Don’t come any closer!” “Please… I’m begging you!” Inside the hospital room, Naomi Sterling was swallowed by an oversized patient gown, shaking as she curled into the corner and pleaded. Her eye sockets were sunken, the skin on both hands bruised purple-blue and riddled with needle marks of every size. She was nothing but skin and bones. She’d been trapped in this hellhole for almost two years. In just two years, she’d gone from a bright, vibrant girl to what they called a lunatic. All because two years ago, she’d caused Felicity Sterling to be poisoned and miscarry—so close to death she’d barely survived. When Adrian Prescott found out, his rage had been instant. He’d thrown Naomi into this underground research facility and made her a test subject. These past two years, she couldn’t even count how many poisons and viruses they’d injected into her… day after day, night after night, it ate through her bones and burned her alive. Pain so sharp she couldn’t breathe. She regretted it. For two years, she’d clung to one desperate hope every second—Adrian would remember even a sliver of what they once had, and come take her out. But no. Not once. The researchers grabbed her in seconds. Hands everywhere. Naomi was forced down onto the hospital bed. She fought like she was drowning, begging, “Please! Let me see Adrian—he won’t let you get away with this!” Someone slapped her hard, impatient and vicious. “Shut up. You still think you can see Young Master Prescott? With you?” “Today’s his big wedding day—Young Master Prescott is marrying Ms. Sterling.” Naomi’s head rang. What?! No… impossible! Adrian had said he would marry her! He was the kind of man who kept his word—how could he break it? Click. The restraints locked around her wrists and ankles. That person patted her cheek and sneered. “Even when you were pretty, Young Master Prescott couldn’t be bothered to look at you twice. You think with you looking like this, he could still fall for you?” “You d
