[Music recommendation: Alcest - Le miroir]
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Far away from the Vanderbilt residence, a luxury car ripped through the darkness, speeding along a lonely road flanked by dense forest. Aliana kept her foot pressed hard against the accelerator, sending the speedometer well past a hundred.
She had rolled down the window to let the cold night breeze hit her face, but the freezing air did nothing to calm her erratic heartbeat or soothe her ragged breathing. Panic continued to wreak havoc on her entire nervous system.
She didn't even know where she was heading or how she had managed to grab her keys and flee the mansion as quickly as she could.
Since then, she had been driving aimlessly, seeking out the most isolated roads in a desperate attempt to escape the chaos.
But how could she escape something that was consuming her from within? She simply had no bandwidth left for any rational thoughts.
