THE DEVIL'S POSSESSION

ne's

have left. Once you take

d I froze mid-step, the heel of my shoe catching on

vered over

bout, or rather who wh

slammed against my ribs with a force that

ear Damien's voice, the desperation in it and the pants in

ed into the phone. "I don'

t to the floor and

ke

pid. I knew he wa

ke

starting from the base of my spine a

n stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, one hand grip

ng low on his hips, his hair di

like he ha

his spotless suits and smooth words-now looked like ma

cing the room. "Yes. She's docile.

s curled i

oc

edi

e door open with a hard shove

. His eyes landed on me, and widened for

ele

hell did I

ng calm and disconnected the call.

aking. "Because it sounded a lot like you

his nose. "Don't make this dramatic

wife-the woman you made vows to-is standing righ

hat." He gave me a tired

a whisper now.

owe people, Selene. Powerful people. They don't wait. They don't neg

ed, stepp

cuse

die?! These are dangerous men - deadly men who wouldn't think tw

ack as his w

f to the dangerous and deadly me

t his silence was al

wasn't

rd was rea

d I blindly reached behind me for a chair before sitting do

n't be h

t?" I whispered too sh

fe Selene. I chose me. At le

n. He was my husband so even I k

chos

ebts and decided I should be the on

oc

edi

your debts. I stood by you when your busines

now cold and unapologetic. "Don't act like a saint now.

omach

sgusting,"

straightening his shoulders. "What do you

ripped the edge of the chair so tight my fist burned, "you got yourse

idn't mov

am? Some property that you co

ng but a pathetic excuse for a wife - penniless, worthless - all you do, is consume my hard e

and over at the same spot- and it was hard to hear them, see

sacrificed everything for

to sacrifice shit - you jumped into the decision

tightened,

- more than you ever hoped for. So this is your chance to pay m

cked the air o

ched him my vision blurred from

he say all

d you do t

If I was to calculate how much you owe

o idea there was a need

to the people coming for you - and don't worry. Y

os

e broken than I intended, "plea

is. My docile pathetic wife with zero back bone

etic

as he bent down and grabbe

etic

as - all I've e

I was pathetic and even no

f disgust as his fi

l - so just be one f

ould stop myself my hands flew and a

n shock and palmed the

nt hesitation,

wall I now hated. My purse lay on the kitchen

knob woul

and it didn't bulg.

numb as panic c

or was

Twice. Then all at once-they all wen

uld hear was the sound of my heart

en I he

ircase. A heavy footstep

n?" I s

dy an

s too quiet,

or my phone

y throat. I bolted

sto

st beyond the glass. Bl

the barrel of his gun against the wind

nt said you

ripped thro