Whit

y pride, my dignity-they were ashes

obbed, the word

her heel. I whimpered as another wave of agony washed over me. "I want y

on my chin. My body was a universe of pain, but m

f," the sound was pathetic,

" Chelsey demanded

the words tasting like poison and

ou, Kalea. Right here in this very hall. I begged you not to tell Kaden I'd tried to seduce him. You looked down at me

fused because Kaden, blinded by his infatuation, wouldn't have

stomach intensifying, becoming a constant, burning cr

lammed into my back, driving the air from my lungs a

ate yourself for that bastard. You really

o-pronged assault. I could feel a warm

looking at Chelsey. "You p

I'd let him go. I never said an

was a final, devastating blow. They h

his voice thick with rage. "You tried to use

his le

was about to happen. My body tensed, a

my belly. Not a stomp, b

d in a supernova

en...

luttering ins

cherish, the gentle kicks that told me he w

cold, dead silence that was m

swallowed the pain, the fear, everything. In its place, someth

pped. My ple

them not as people, but as monsters. And I knew, wit

r, but a low, guttural promise. "Angus will make you suffer

ll haven't learned yo

r, his eyes fixed on me. "We're going to teach her

er excitement. She hurried away, her he

rag my broken body away from them,

me by the feet, out of the foyer, across the pristine living room. My head bumped

ged me onto the patio. The chlorine scent

s grunt, he kicked my bou

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