Can’t Win Me Back

“No, Jameson can’t get wind of this!” Alyssa frowned, her grip tightening on Jasper’s shoulder. “Think about it—if he finds out we’re onto him, who’s in the crosshairs?”

Jasper met her gaze, understanding dawning in his eyes. “Amber.”

“Amber helped Axel escape the Millennium and provided intel that brought Josh down. This time, she’d risked everything to tell us about Lauren. She’s clearly switched sides and become our ally.

“Confronting Jameson would put Amber in the line of fire. He’s ruthless, and wouldn’t hesitate to kill Amber just to vent!”

Jasper’s jaw clenched, a heavy weight settling in his chest. He pulled Alyssa close, his voice a low murmur against her hair. “You’re too compassionate, Lyse. Unwilling to hurt anyone who’s helped us, even a little.”

edge to her voice. “There must be a reason she follows him.” Despite the bitterness, her gaze remained resolute. “As long as there’s a spark of goodness in her, I’m

being drugged, her face

her out of the room, tossing her onto the ground without a shred of mercy. She hit the hard floor with a thud, her frail

and battered, she lay there in tattered clothes, yet there was a fragile beauty in her brokenness, like a cracked piece of glass

mere spectators, watched with rapt attention, their lust evident in their hungry

despise her so much in school.

beauty now? Any man would be captivated by her,” one of the men in

taste. No wonder he lost interest in other women once rumors spread that he found her. If | had a woman like her,