up from a heavy, drugged sleep. My body was sore, a

is isn't

was dim but warm. It was... expensive. And I was lyi

g. The bloo

ed out loud, panicking. But

Was that real? Or did I just hav

that was too smooth for someone so terrifying. The begging.

n what

assed out. I actually fainted the moment he

path

to make sure. "Ow." Okay. St

woman stepped inside. She looked like she was

Sir Lucan wan

. No warmth. Just tho

another killer? Probably. Her eyes looked empty. De

n to get pissed off. What if she was like the rest of

e silence between us m

ive. Luxurious. The kind of mansion you only see in movies or magazines. Everything looked

didn't care. I'd been through hell the past few days. If staring at pretty f

were in the dining room

here

from the

killed witho

le, calm, quiet, but I felt the tensi

e me said, pointing at

barely breathing. I didn't want to make eye contact. I didn't want t

was I even here? Weren't they supposed to send me to cl

was his n

lier. Sir Lucan

mian walked in and sat

en't talking. No one was explaining anything. They jus

llowe

where they decided if I

s just any normal day. I sat there fr

someone so terrifying. He didn't even look at me wh

eat?" Damian asked,

. I

g for? I'm not putting fo

at both men from time to time, especially the one on my left. I k

that,

f us, eating at this ridiculously large table, like I belo

And that room they kept me in earlier, it was huge. There's no way someone like me

e first to stand. I didn't know what would happe

e man with the

ed up

t at me. Then he st

e. Was he ta

ow at me. "You better

finish the

ver my chair, then quickly followed t

then pushed a door open and left it like that. He did

at the

t it open, I'd have a chance to run in case... in cas

e the

ump

ith it. My hands were slick with sweat, but I did as he s

e he

me screamed to stay where I wa

one leg crossed over the other, arms resting on

er. My heart thudded so hard I thought it mi

k at

o

ase

one thing I'd

it, and I ha

I lifted

I fr

im clearly, I co

expressionless eyes. A sharp nose with a small cut on the bridge that made him look

he was born to

d shook my head. What

iller. He shot someone in fro

hed. Just slightly.

f your c

art s

h

de-eyed, unsure if

he j