“I’ve come to claim what you owe me. Your Iife, and everything that comes with it.”

Her heart dropped.

Her father had been right. 

She was ruined.

The merciless hands holding her now, were the same hands that had ended lives before without a moment’s hesitation. Her breath caught in the middle of her throat, her chest hurting as if her ribs might crack. His golden, sharp eyes filled her vision. They were so close she couldn’t look away, so close she felt completely exposed, as if he could see straight through her bones into every secret she had ever hidden.

His voice came again, dangerous. It brushed against her ear like the edge of a knife. “If you screamed…”