Chapter 7

(Emily's POV)

It's been almost a week since I last saw Steve hanging from Dimitri's phone in a hospital bed covered with full of blood. It became clear to me that I could never outrun this horrible man. I could try but if I failed then Steve will be the consequences. I kept quiet most of the time unless Leila came into my room and talk to me to ease my loneliness. She and the maids were the only people I wasn't afraid of in this mansion.

I was told to stay in my room unless told me otherwise. The door was always locked. I felt the depression wash over me after being in this room for a week. Everything about my body felt weak. I think my life is not normal anymore.

Dimitri came almost every day. First, he'd walk up to me then push me against the wall and kiss my neck and chest as he hold my hands up so I couldn't fight him. I got used to just thinking about something else while he did his little kissing game. But it was hard because all I could think about was him punching me... over a