Chapter 3

"I did not send that message." Claire Monroe's eyes widened as the truth came crashing down on her. "It was you. You set me up! Yasmin's accident was your doing, too."

Joshua's grip tightened without warning, and pain shot through her as she gasped.

"You figured it out," Joshua murmured near her ear, his voice low and chilling. "Too bad it doesn't change anything.

"Your father's company, your mother's illness, Yasmin's accident... every step was planned. We needed to corner you, leave you with no way out, so you'd become our donor.

"Your blood carries the antibodies Yasmin needs. But…