mbled in t
n blanket. Sweat beaded on her forehead. Her eye
ack to the pouring rain
it. His eyes sliced through the ra
family. He pointed directly at her face. "His sins, you will atone for." In her nightm
deafening roar. Jocelyn opened her mouth to scream that
of thunder sha
bolted upright in bed, gasping fo
gainst her ribs. Her pajamas clung to her skin, soaked in co
e digital clock o
00
forbidden her from leaving. But the th
he freezing hardwood floor. She turned the lock a
ssed her back against the wallpaper, creeping toward t
arm, yellow pendant light hung ove
ator. She pulled out a bottle of water, twisted
sophagus, soothing the burn. Sh
rned a
t on a barstool in the
stic water bottle slipp
heavy thud. Water splash
half-smoked cigar between his fingers. The brief flash of
ing his chest. He took a slow drag of the cigar, exhaled a
blood turn
stammered, her voice cracking
aned forward and crushed the
me moved out of the shadows,
stepped back. Her spine hit the cold meta
zed her e
ds flat against the refrigerator door, caging heexpensive whiskey, fanned across her neck. His eyes dragged down he
Elam growled. His voice was a low, da
hard enough to taste the sharp, metallic tan
resistance. His eyes d
his large fingers wrapping around her nape. He for
g every word, "you are a sinner. You d
. The tears she fought so h
own her cheek and dropped o
er tear hit his skin.
been burned. He masked the sudden
pped, his voice harsher than
is arm, leaving the spilled water on th
He stared at the wet spot on the back o
eath, yanking at the c
ed it in one swallow. The alcohol burned his throat, but it did n
er the covers. She shivered violently until t
ag. She had to get to c
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