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The words hung in the air like a toxic cloud, poisoning every breath I tried to take. “Are you completely insane?” I breathed, my

barely above a whisper as the full horror of what Elizabeth was suggesting crashed over me like a tidal wave.

voice

Harold’s oily smile widened, revealing those unnaturally white teeth. “Now, now, there’s no need for dramatics,” he said, his voice

carrying the patronizing tone of someone who was used to getting exactly what he wanted. “I understand this might come as a surprise,

but I assure you, I can provide very well for you and your… child.”

The way he said ‘child’ made my skin crawl. “This is not happening,” I said, taking a step backward toward the door. “I don’t know what

kind of sick arrangement you two have cooked up, but I’m leaving. Right now.”

Elizabeth moved to block my path with surprising speed, her perfectly manicured hand shooting out to wrap around my wrist like a steel

trap. “Sit down, Seraphina,” she commanded. “We’re not finished talking”

“Yes, we are,” I snapped, trying to wrench my arm free from her grip. “I wouldn’t marry that man if he was the last person on earth. Find

someone else for your disgusting little scheme.”

Harold chuckled, a sound like oil bubbling in a hot pan. “Oh, my dear, I think you misunderstand your position here. This isn’t really a

request.”

my wrist, her fingernails digging into my skin hard enough to leave marks. “You’re going

be grateful for the opportunity,”

clawing

anything.”

Her smile was like a razor blade wrapped in silk. “Tell me, darling, how

isn’t it? Such a lovely place. So many children

in my veins turned to ice

she were discussing the weather instead of threatening

up.

exploded through my system, so pure and intense that my vision actually tinted red around

her mental voice sharp with protective fury that matched my

voice dropping to a whisper that carried more menace than any scream, “I will kill you.

bare hands and dance

most amusing thing he’d heard all day. “Such spirit!

dear-once we’re married, I’ll teach

I lunged toward the door, but Elizabeth’s

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her wrist and twisted, using her own momentum to spin her around.

breaking glass as my teeth found bone. The metallic taste of blood filled my mouth, but I held on, grinding my jaw until I felt something

animal!” she gasped, trying to shake me off. “You savage little-”

her arm and shoved her away from me with enough force to send her stumbling into

a trickle of blood running down his forehead from where the bottle had connected, but

of them would

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