uitcase, my passport, my entire escape plan was still in my room. When I walk

me in the living room, standing in th

angerously low. "Chloe called me. She said y

ate me," I said, my own anger rising to

fury blazing in his eyes. "So you're already meeti

ace a mask of rage. Before

ng, the sound echoing in the silent room. I stared at him, my mind

ing into my flesh like claws. "You embarrassed Chloe. After everything I

nd bitter. Tears of pain, but

ont of me was

nce loved, the one who had swo

past kindnesses, the way he would check on me during th

Ways to ensure my loyalt

f me," I

htened. "You're n

f his grasp, a surge of adrenali

re I was going, j

r the stairs and slammed the door, fumbl

mering against my ribs, listening to him pound o

, I slid down to the floor, my

h I had stashed here earlier, cont

d irrevocably gone from this house, was a physical ac

ence was even more terrifying. I waited, holding my breath, unt

ouse was cast in deep shadows. I crept out, my b

as t

e against the faint light from the living room window. H

was too fast. He lunged, catching me around the wais

him, kicking and hitting his back, b

my body. He didn't say a word, his silence more frightening than any

me onto

ng to put distance between us, my eyes wide with terror. He stood over the bed, his chest heaving,