You can run but...
of his grip around her neck was unbearable. She tried to loosen his hold by clutching his wris
only the beginning. He was going to make her suffer
why you're co
firm hand kept her in place. The ha
our lips, put
ear. She sounded fragile, just like she looked-a
you?" He released her neck only to snatch the papers from the table and shove them into her face. "Here. L
she stuttered, hopin
better. Don't call me 'sir'-
his hand raise as if to strike her a
ucking a strand of hair behind her ear. A cruel smile curl
gers trailed along her tear-streaked cheek, as if savoring her broken state. "Wipe your tears." He ord
ed indifferent, cold. It felt like a betrayal. She had signed her l
he car. You have ten minutes-no mo
e'd speak for the rest of her life. Tears welled up again, but she fought to
ing her body from all angles. She felt shattered, her hair w
he floor, sobbing into her palms. The weight o
her with kindness, rushed in when she saw May
even she seemed unsure of her own words. Everyone knew the Don was
" Maya cried into the woman's
There's nothing we can d
n's orders, Maya
d. It's in the car waiting for you," Dora sa
r maestro-waiting by one of the cars, his eyes fixed forwa
near the trunk of the limousine.
ground?" she asked one o
n't need them," the
r, her steps faltering only when she saw Damon beginning to look
window, watching the house she had grown up in disappear into the night. At the l
r. Let's go,"
her exactly where he wanted her-terrified, submi
e. When they finally arrived, Maya's eyes widened at the sight of the enormous mansio
e-ran up to Damon, throwing her arms around him. He hu
irl from the party.
'll replace you with Derinem as my
e outing another day, Maria. I
Maya, her eyes filled wi
," Damon replied, his
with a friendly smile.
a," feeling Damon's
n cut in. "Now's not the time fo
no choice. She would do everything he
door behind them. The next thing she
rs streaming down her cheeks as
rmission. What were you thinking,
her face pressed ag
ing her back up. Her red eyes widen
dangerously close to her ear. "Do not
d as she answere