MasukDamon’s POV “Damon,”I groaned at the call of my name, hating how loud it was and how it sent shocks through my head. My head already ached and I didn't need anyone making it worse.I struggled to get up from the chair I had dozed off on, much to my chagrin. My vision blurred and my arms hung limply at my sides, a proof that I hadn't eaten anything except a few pancakes in the last twenty-four hours.Sasha breezed into my study, dashing to my side with a loud scream.“Damon!” She breathed.“Shut it,” I groaned at how loud she was. She held me by the hand. “Why do you look so pale? I almost thought you were a vampire.”Hahaha. So funny.I shrugged her hand away, grateful that I still had the strength to do that. “What are you doing here?”“I heard Nora is missing.”I hissed. Betsy. I should get her employment terminated as soon as I could. My life was hard enough without me having to deal with a spy. I couldn't keep paying and feeding someone to leak out my private life to an outside
Damon’s POV “One hundred and thirty four.” I hissed as I stood by the window.That would be the one hundred and thirty-fourth time that I would move to the window to check for Nora's arrival since she had left that morning.Where was she?And why wasn't she back?“Will you have your dinner now, sir?” Jane asked as she stepped forward, looking timidly at me.“No, Jane. I'm not hungry.”She sighed. “You didn't have lunch too.” She reminded me.“I wasn't hungry then.”She sighed and left.I glanced at her and sighed as well, hating that I was wasting her effort and concern but there was nothing I could do about it. I didn't think I could sit to eat or stomach anything when I was going to keep jumping up and moving to the window to check for Nora.“Mr. Bennett,” Jane called.It amazed me that she was back and I wondered why she couldn't just give up on me. I was on edge but forced myself not to snap at her, reminding myself that she was Nora's favorite maid.I turned to her, ready to giv
Nora's POV I checked my lap the moment I woke up and exhaled a sigh of relief when I realized that Mark hadn't had his way with me.Thank goodness.His chuckle drew my attention to his presence. My heart skipped many beats again.He snorted at me, not moving from his position. I wished that he would stay there and not get close to me at all.“Did you think I was lying when I said I wasn't going to touch you?” He snorted, laughing mockingly at me.“Can I get something to wear?” I asked, feeling bothered with my nudity before him.He laughed and snorted. “Is there anything on you that I haven't seen?”No, but that was when I was gullible enough to fool myself into thinking I was in love with him. I sighed, regretting ever falling for him and wondered what it was that made me fall for the loser.“I'm cold.” I replied.“In this heat?” I didn't even notice. My body was still busy shivering in fear.“I'm cold.” I repeated, deliberately chattering my lips for emphasis.He noticed my shiv
Warning: Dark sensual contentNora's POV “Here. Eat.” He said as he walked back into the dark and poorly lit room, pushing a plate of measly food to me.Even if I was hungry, the sight of the supposed meal was enough to drain me of appetite.I looked away, not having the strength to torture myself with the sight of the food.“Aren't you going to eat?” He growled at me.I winced, hating the headache I got at the sound of his voice. “I'm not hungry.” I replied, my voice as tired as I felt.I knew that he was likely to beat me up again if I didn't say a word and I didn't want that. There was only so much that my poor flesh could endure at that moment.“Eat before I force you to, Nora.” He scowled. “If you think I'm going to let you die, you have another thing coming.”I sighed. “Untie me then.” I stretched my hands toward him.“So you can escape.” He snorted.“Where? As if I know where I am.” I glanced at my feet. “In case you've forgotten, Mark, my legs are tied.”“You can eat even wi
Nora's POV “Shut up!” He yelled, standing to his feet.He looked menacing in that position as he towered over me with rage emanating from all his pores but as hard as I tried to, I couldn't stop myself from crying.Maybe I should keep crying and drop dead from dehydration. I hoped that was possible and kept forcing myself to cry, even though my body was spent and just wanted to curl up and die.“Will you shut up?” He roared again.I sniffled and clamped my lips shut, forcing myself to be quiet.He bent down and pulled me up by the neckline of my dress, landing three hard slaps on my face in quick succession.“Shut the hell up, Nora.” He hissed.Of course, that was Mark’s logic. Slapping someone to shut them up. How ridiculous. It worked though. I stopped wailing though the tears still kept rolling down my face. He hissed as he glanced at me and rolled his eyes at the stream on my face. He didn't tell me to shut up again and I assumed that I was safe.He didn't mind me shedding tears
Nora's POV My head ached as if I had been hit with a large plank. I groaned as I forced my eyes open, wondering why it was so hard to get the act done when I did it every morning. I creaked open one eye but had to force it shut when the pain that traveled through my body felt like I ran a crazy marathon through a string of needles.My body ached everywhere. My head ached more. And I felt like I was in hell. With how sweaty and clammy my skin felt, I could as well have died and gone to hell.Had I really died?My heart kicked into overdrive and I struggled to remember my last moments, in case I had really died.I couldn't remember dying but I could remember seeing a face that made my blood run cold.Mark's.As if he knew that I was thinking of him, I heard his voice chuckling darkly at me and my blood turned to ice.Mark was here? With me?“I know you are awake, bitch.” He hissed. “Don't make me force you to look at me.”My eyes flew open and my heart sank as I realized that he was tr







