Chapter 7 - Chose someone who chose meSelene’s POVThere’s a knock... sharp, entitled.Then his voice.“It’s Bram.”Dread coils in my chest like a serpent. My breath catches. No matter how many times I heard that voice in my nightmares, the real thing is worse. My instinct is to flee, but where? This house, this prison, is all I’ve ever known.I shrink into the far corner of the sitting room, as though hiding behind the sofa will protect me from a man like him.The front door opens with a creak.“Welcome, Mr. Bram!” Rhiannon chirps too brightly, her voice all sugar and poison. “We’ve been expecting you.”“Hope I’m not late to claim my prize,” Bram cackles, his voice thick and greasy like old meat.Alaric barely glances up from his drink. “Let’s make it quick,” he mutters with lazy indifference.My skin crawls.Then Bram spots me.“Well, there she is,” he says, licking his lips, eyes devouring me like I’m already his. “The little dove.”I force myself to meet his gaze, to glare, but t
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