C77 Lorimer and Kane.

Clarissa was aware of her own madness.

Yet, to Hollis, she was breathtaking—more so than the Clarissa of three years past, a fact unbeknownst to her.

"Speak."

She feared no loss, for she had nothing left to lose.

"I want to..." Hollis began in a haze, only for his voice to abruptly cut off.

His expression shifted as he gave the woman a cursory glance