Chapter 5

I bought the dress three days before the engagement party.

It was black and expensive, the kind that made a statement without saying a word.

Kai picked me up at seven.

When I opened the door, he stopped and stared.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing. You look ready to destroy some lives."

"That's the plan."

The Rosewood Hotel was dripping with money and fake smiles.

We walked in fashionably late and the reaction was immediate.

Conversations stopped, heads turned and I saw my mother's champagne glass froze halfway to her mouth.

Caroline's smile died but Damien's reaction was what I'd come…