Chapter 106

• Brayden barely glanced up when the door to the hospital room opened, his sharp gaze fixed on Penelope as she lay on the hospital bed.
• Her breathing was even, her face serene, but the bruises on her arms and the healing wounds across her skin served as a painful reminder of what she had endured.
• The soft glow of the television illuminated the room, casting flickering images of the breaking news across the walls. It was official—Haylee and Desmond’s empire had crumbled.