ly had to run to avoid being pulled down, her sneakers screeching on the smooth marble

nt of a private elevator. He swiped a black key card, the elevator

ator wall . A sharp pain shot through her shoulder. She

me suffocating, filled with his rage. Th

ly. Then he turned to face her. He braced himself against

. "Do you know what a degenera

rted, her voice trembling with anger and helplessness. "The law doesn't protect pe

months, Trent has been bullying Leo at the community college. He cornered Leo

s she spoke. He didn't interrupt her or mock h

ence. She felt he was watching a particularly tra

. "You're his cousin . You're all in cahoots. Was this all part of y

oss his eyes, a moment that seemed to indicate pain, but he immediately masked it with a layer of cold

re family, you should have understood from the b

vator doors slid open, revealing the smooth , bright floor of the underground

out of the elevator, and walked towards his car

hick support pillar, she pushed off the ground with both feet, grippi

d, "I'm not going

eanor clinging desperately to the pillar, like a sh

nce and slip from her grip on the pillar. Eleanor collapsed to the grou

down at her with a gaze colder

ve been near him, I'll make a phone call. I guarantee your brother will have a

ody. Eleanor looked up at Damian , at this man who was not only a monste

alms throbbing. She met his gaze, her eyes fille

teeth, each word dripping with venom. "I will make your w

for a long time with a complex expression on his

ch and slid inside. The door slammed shut, se

nd the headlights flashed, m

hed as it drove out

smaller and smaller in the distance,

e was al

nstantly. She hugged her knees, buried her face in h

nd laboriously stood up, brushing the dust off her clothes. The des

exit ramp, her gait unsteady,