From Captive to Cherished Wife

om the cold basement. Her body ached with a constellation of

f any warmth. "She's unconscious. The doctors say she nee

nt and cruel one, but Elo

like chips of ice. "You will give her your blo

't go to a public hospital, but to a private clinic tucked away in a discr

le white room. A nurse approached wi

nurse said, glancing at Eloise's bruised face

leaving no room for debate. "This is

etachment as the needle slid into Eloise' s arm. He watched

cal equipment seemed to grow louder, then fade into a distant buzz. Holden didn't move. He just wa

arm was limp. She tried to sit up, but the world ti

into the adjoining room, dumping her uncerem

peaceful and with a healthy,

l watch over her until she wakes up. If anything happens, it will be on you." H

embled uncontrollably from the blood loss and the lingering pain of her injuries. She looked at Jaidyn,

e could hear two nurses w

ient in there, Miss Albert, her hemoglobin is compl

Said it was... a les

It was a joke. Her life had become a sick, twisted joke. She was a blo

of sheets ma

deliberately sat up in bed, a trium

aded, Eloise?" she purred,

d up, stretching like a cat. "Thank you for the dona

ce in her eyes

on starting to blur at the edges.

king down at her. "Because I wanted him. It's that simple. For ten years, I've watched you with hi

everything for a man who is

ees what he wants to see. And he wants to see a fragile girl who needs his prote

ise's. "You lost, Eloise. You lost him. Y

barely a touch, but in Eloise's weaken

rkening, the room

into unconsciousness, the door t

the scene in an instant: Jaidyn standing triumphantly over a pale, co

d and sharp, narrowe

lphons W

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