Chapter 172

I dash from the room, pounding down the stairs that lead to the second floor, my mind set on nothing but the safety of my room, my bed, my closed door-

But as I turn onto the second–floor landing, I slams into someone coming up the steps from the house’s first level.

“Whoa!” the person says, gasping in surprise and perhaps a

little pain. “What-“.

Frantic, I work to push beyond them, feeling and seeing nothing

beyond the tears in my eyes that stream down my cheeks. I’m a

bit feral now, like a rabbit doing anything it can to get back to my

warren – I’ve just got to get inside, where I can be alone –

“Fay,” the voice says, worried and stern. He grasps me by my

shoulders and I gasp, looking up, shocked to see Kent’s face –

a face like Kent’s, but softer,

you alright?” he whispers, urgent. “What’s why are you wearing

My eyes flick to the door to my bedroom – there’s no part of

conversation now. I just – I can’t.

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guilt in me at this – I know that I haven’t been fair to Daniel in all of this – but the guilt isn’t strong enough

once over my shoulder at Daniel as I push

third floor, putting things together. Does he even know

what Daniel does next, though,

little. The dark of my room washes over me like cool water and

to ease,

the white paint, my mind absolutely reeling. But as the minutes pass, and as I lean into the safety of

God damn it.

pieces together. Flashes of it come back to me as I move to my bed, unlacing the corset and letting it drop to the floor. Kent standing in the doorway, looking at me like a wolf at his

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moving his hand, his fingers, down the slick center

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