t room. She didn't dare to sleep, her ears stra

ain. She wanted to take it off, bu

ed. It was being opened from the outside with a key. Annabel spun

k you were safe under my cousin

s pressed flat against the plaster, searching for a way out that

is own room right now. He just doesn't like me dirtying his pr

it carefully. Article five, section three. You, Party B, are obligate

despair washing over her. It was the doc

ompletely mine." Julian's eyes grew fev

ing a crystal vase from the nightstand. Her

g the vase at him. Her voice trembled,

. "Resisting? I like it." He stepped c

aching its peak. She screamed and, with all

ked. The vase grazed his

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everywhere. A thin line of blood appeared on Julian's cheek. He touched

His voice was so cold

the blood on Julian's face, and couldn't m

was awake. His mind had been circling those

ot even bothering with slipper

wly toward the terrified Annabel. "It see

arm and threw her v

feeling as if her bon

. At that exact moment, the door

n the chaotic room, the scene on the bed, and an