eless mistake on their part, a sign of their growing arrogance. They thought I w

the hallway again, the

he dance company is going to have to make a statement s

rayed. "What other step is there?

We need to manage that. I'm going to have the doctors declare her permanently disabled, get it on record. Then,

eer die; he was going to perform its public execution. He was going t

d, his voice hollow. "We ju

world what devoted family men we are. It solidifies our position. N

hat he would grab Ethan by the throat and scream, "No more!" That the brother who taught me how to ride a

warm glow in the icy d

less tha

resigned, defeated. "Okay, Eth

humorless laugh tried to bubble up from my chest. Hope. What a joke. I was a fool to even

that rattled the hospital bed. I bit my lip, tastin

back into the room, his face arr

tting on the edge of my b

d at him, my

as weakness, as the

It was the same hand that had signed my death warrant. "But I need you to know, no matter what h

ce, he was offering me himself-my tormentor, my jailer. He was going to chain me t

nd promised me forever, and I saw nothing but a void. Every memory we had

t charming smile that used to make my heart leap. "

cer, but my life as a person. I would be his trophy of a crime well-committed, a living ghost in a house