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ding me that I had consumed little since yesterday morning, like I really needed the reminder. Hopefully, I

bucket of vegetables onto the counter, an action that

pite my initial high hopes. Zeke's daily abuse, combined with my near starv

de effect of only being allowed to shift rarely. Yet despite the weight loss c

me and grab my ass, a common gesture for him. I jerked away from him; the unexpected action caused me to lose my prec

t would take hours to heal. I did not even see his right hand coming until it was too late. His hand came

done before they arrive, and I don't want to see your ugly face aga

eke stormed out of the kitchen. I did not bother to respond anymore, kno

peel, and prepare them, I attempted to shake off the pa

lash out whenever the mood struck, but he had never crossed that line. I was not sure what stopped him. But I was thankful for

e had not forced me to cook for him and all the unmated warriors every day I had been stuck in this purgatory. I was just s

low his impossibly high standards, not that he would get off his lazy ass to do anything himself. The large rectangular table took center stage, centered under a beautiful

epared bathed the air, making me think ab

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room, though calling it a room was being generous, before the visit

ch, but it was mine. Just a small storage room with a ratty old, twin-sized mattress on the floor, taking up most of the space, and a

he rest of the sparse room. I remembered back to the day I had firs

from befalling me, but he assured me that I would be perfectly safe and well taken care

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