ELISEThe smile that spreads across my face must be something truly terrifying, because Natasha’s mask of nobility falters for just a moment.Genuine fear flickers in her eyes before she quickly reconstructs her performance.She’s always underestimated me, mistaking my patience for weakness, my silence for submission. That mistake is about to cost her!I don’t even have to say a word.One of Kieran’s men moves swiftly, grabbing Natasha by her arms and dragging her to kneel closer beside her partner I crime. The movement is so fast, so unexpected, that she doesn’t even have time to process what’s happening, let alone resist.And the slap comes before she can even brace herself.My hand flies through the air, fueled by years of enduring her cruelties, her whispered insults, her calculated sabotage.The sound of my palm meeting her cheek cracks through the cathedral like a gunshot, silencing the murmurs and gasps in an instant.The force of the impact snaps her head to the side and her
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