Yvonne,The moment Dante lowered me into the cold bathtub, the unsettling burn beneath my skin began to fade. The crazed drunkenness dulled slowly, like fog lifting inch by inch. The cold wrapped around me, biting, invasive, but grounding. My breathing steadied despite the faint tremor that still ran through my limbs. I gripped the edge of the tub, knuckles whitening, forcing myself to stay present as the water crept higher against my skin.Earlier, when Pearl slapped me, the shock of it had snapped the drowsiness straight out of my head. My senses had returned all at once, sharp and humiliatingly clear. I hated to admit it, but I was grateful for that moment. Grateful, even though the intent behind it had been pure malice.If that slap hadn’t happened, I was certain I would have blurted out something unforgivable. Something reckless. Something that would have destroyed what little control I had left.Now, however, my blood boiled in a way that had nothing to do with the drug. Because
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