The Dancer's Ruin, The Heiress' Rise

The world came back in pieces – white ceilings, antiseptics, and screaming pain in my legs.

Just scant hours earlier, I was a dancer, living a dream. I' d secured the lead role with the most prestigious company, my future dazzling bright.

Then, the alley. The cold pavement. Shadows that became men, their grunts, their laughter, and the blinding pain that extinguished my world.

Now, a steady beep. I was alive, but my body felt like a broken prison.

That' s when I heard their voices outside my hospital room. My fiancé, Ethan, and my brother, Caleb. The two men I trusted most.