t night, but inside Elena's ro

at stretched across the walls. The unfamiliar scent of the expensive sheets, the dim glo

for a day, and already

had smirked at her like she was some new toy, and worst of all, the suffocating silence from

t for

against her arms as sh

, his expression unreadable. And then, when she had been forced to sit there as Lorenzo act

ly st

just as much as the

e so afraid to

no

itched. A soft c

wasn't locked in? Lor

door, watching as the handl

an down h

inst the bedpost, her pulse ham

th

tepped

catching against his sharp features, hig

ainst the wooden post, f

didn't

leaning against it as if he h

t when he grabbed her earlier. His expression didn't change, but somethi

d quickly pulled her sleev

low, controlled. "

ipping her arms.

le

took a st

se spiked.

tilted his head slightly, studying her li

His voice was quie

throat t

s words were soft but laced with warning. "Not the

nto her arms. "I

ere was no humor in it. "Then

up, glaring. "What

adable flickered across his face.

and before she could move, h

a fr

was suffocating. His fingers were rough, calloused

t holding

her skin as he whispe

ran down

, his dark eyes locked onto

voice was quiet, but it

move until

e mor

t breakfast w

rge dining table, her hands

o innocent and oblivious to everything happening around her or the kind of den her parents had sold her off to. He was

dn't touch his food, didn't speak unless

there was

calculated grace. Every once in a while, her sharp

n-a col

rk," Valeria mused, stirring her cup slowly. "Y

around the silverware

My wife will learn.

wed, noddi

against the table. A small

s irr

s mother? L

nt

ose control of

was di

ffice, he didn't hesitate. He slammed

way fro

leaned back in his chair, s

nched. "I won't

ns to her? You think she belongs to you?" He walked around the d

him against the bookshelf. "Touch her ag

mply smirked. "You're gettin

interrup

oy

eased him

le

he doorway, wa

say another w

rage was

her because he needed to know what was going on, why his

ight he caught her running away and the

t was because he knew how much of a dangerous man his father was an

innocent to be i

d him she was not meant to be involved with any of them, both

served

tho

oing to make

n from the rest of the world, most importantly why her dumb and av

thing and he would make sure he sn

was restless. She c

ante appea

wasn't just

her a bu

if you n

itated bu

there. The air was thick, ch

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shattered

breath

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't m