Prisoners Of Love

in fate-until the night it s

sed stage, surrounded by faceless shadows cloaked in smoke and whispers. A red velvet blindfold covered

arks on her pale skin. The silk dress they forced her to wear clung to her trembling frame,

rown out most of the murmuring around her, but she

e the

, but exo

scared. I

neer rose above the cro

years old. Educated, obedient,

ced herself to stay upright. She wouldn't g

that remained was the fire burning behind her ribs. A quiet defia

d: One milli

he room, and then

an barked, his voice

another, laughing

stomach

ike she mi

nse. It came just before a voice she would never

on," said t

eep. As if carved fr

oom s

. Someone chuc

haps you'

he man repeated. "

Not even the auct

avel fell like thunde

ol

, Liana Cruz was n

a poss

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e. Her legs were too weak to hold her. She didn't resist when the strong

urmured, barely louder than a wh

ole body w

n with the voice l

his grip. "I'm not yours. I don't care ho

to," he cut in, his tone s

r. He wasn't touching her violently-yet somehow, it was clear he could. He c

she growled,

caped him, but

w this-if you escape, the next place you'll be au

stil

she beli

andeliers and framed paintings of men who looked like

black car waiting at the back of the estate. A man in a

ir was heavy

s steepled under his chin. He had removed her blindfold jus

d... too

mouth set in a permanent frown. He wore black-of course-and sat like so

a man look so dangero

e flutter in her stomach. It wasn't att

or a long while

t I expected,"

I'm not your perfe

don't survive

ly. "Then why buy me? W

for a moment she thou

said, "R

-

t him, heart h

echoed. "I don'

locked on hers, "b

flin

aybe. But her mind raced blank. Her mother was dead. Her father had d

ng about?" she dema

unreadable look befo

s Damian B

hit like

art sk

about in criminal circles, said to control more than half of the

swal

eone in my fam

," he said col

ndow, ending the conversat

ge. She didn't know what was worse-the fact that she'd been bought like property... or th

her

had chained