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Blood trickled down my back as Olivia's whip cracked against my skin again. Each lash burned like fire, but ! remained motionless. My face showed nothing while my back became a canvas of pain.

Her emerald eyes blazed with hatred as she delivered another strike. The hot blood ran down my skin in

rivulets

I deserved this punishment. The memory of locking her in that basement with rats her greatest fear -

flashed through my mind. Yet I couldn't stop thinking about Victoria, trapped with the snakes she feared

above all else.

"Did you vent your anger? Can we put this matter to rest now?" I asked, my voice steady despite the searing

pain.

She knew exactly what

whispered, her

whip again, but her strength failed her. Her body

thinking, I lunged forward. I caught her limp body before

impossibly light in my arms. Like a fragile bird with broken wings. Her chestnut hair fell across her pale face as her head

watched from near the entrance, her eyes sharp with judgment. "Take her

'Til summon

corridors of our ancestral home. With each step. I felt my

her clothes.

vulnerable. She reminded me

ago. The same basement I'd later thrown

Bennett arrived quickly. His weathered face grew grave as he examined

movements.

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