Izzy rode in the back of the car she'd hired to take her from the hotel to the House. She would rather be going anywhere else, but she didn't seem to have much of a choice. The future seemed rather depressing, stretching out in front of her like an eternity, regardless of having to stay for only a year. She had spent a lot of time thinking in the few hours she had been away from the House. She could either do the selfish thing, and leave without a glance back, or she could do the selfless thing, the one to preserve Tobias Hawthorne's legacy. She had resolved to do the latter, but not for him. Never for him.
As the driver pulled up in front of the massive doors, she got out and walked up the steps, enveloped by the setting sun. She pulled out the key, took a deep breath, and opened the door.
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somewhere only we know || grayson hawthorne x oc
FanfictionAfter being summoned to a billionaire's will reading, Avery comes to discover that she's not the only one the family's waiting for. Isabel Schuyler is another mystery for her to solve, but unlike the one left for her by Tobias, the Hawthornes know t...
