From Captive to Cherished Wife

ht came from a single, bare bulb hanging from the ceiling. Eloise' s wrists

d open the door just enough to slide a plate of dry bread and

r, but the humiliation was worse. Holden w

was Jaidyn, holding a tray with a steaming bowl of soup and a glass

with false sympathy. "Holden is so worried about you.

oise rasped,

now, agonizing over this. He keeps saying, 'How could she be so cru

ck. That faint at the rehearsal? A little trick I learned in acting class. The heart condition? A lie my mother told

er venom in Jaidyn' s confess

hell for this,"

s she opened her mouth to scream, the heav

r?" Jaidyn cried out, stumbling

Jaidyn cowering and Eloise on the f

with rage. He strode over and grabbed Eloise by the front

N

ead snapped to the side, h

d from the doorway, her voice laced with crocodil

ed, shaking Eloise violently. "You are a spoiled, vicious brat!" Hi

n started to tunnel. Her flailing hand hit something small and me

em. She didn't aim for Holden. She aimed f

!" Jaidyn shrieke

tretched. The point of the scissors, which Eloise was just swinging wil

the floor and clutching her arm as if

r. He stared in horror at the small cut on Jaidyn' s arm, then

her," he breathed,

t bad," Jaidyn sobbed.

t. He turned to the guards who had appeared at the

d. "Take her. Continue her education. Make su

meant. As the guards dragged her away, she

ise, you will

path through the grime on her cheek. She didn't fight this time. S

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