ht on the c
and with a satisfied smile before her tea
ris dropped his arm from Colette's waist. He stepped
a black silk square, and aggressively wiped
er cheek until she tasted iron. The humiliation bu
lence, heading down the long corrido
n a skin-tight, blood-red dress stepped ou
gins. Ellie's ol
rossing her arms. Her eyes raked over Colette's
hoing off the walls. "A convicted criminal
mentally exhausted her bones ached. She t
nk you won because you manipulated your way
Colette said, h
d forward. Her manicured hands grabbed the
anked
ii
e, slipping off Colette's shoulder and
lying up to cover her chest
ound. Without warning, Keira r
ac
te's cheek, right over the heavy
mmed hard against the carved wooden wainscoting of the hallway. Her
face. His jaw locked. He turned to Colette, his eyes narrowing into a lethal glare. "Stand exactly here. Do not move a sin
hed his broa
ere were no cam
the death of her father, the beatings, the humili
sted her torn strap with eerie calmness.
and to strike again. "What a
hips, and swung her arm with every oun
AC
eira's cheekbone with the
ed on the carpet, and she collapsed backward
her mouth open in shock before a piercin
vily. She looked down at the crying w
spered, her voice shaking wit
nd pushed open the
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