The days following that afternoon on the sofa felt like a slow descent into a fever dream for Diana, where the boundaries of her own will were blurring and fading away. She spent most of her time in a haze, her mind constantly looping back to the feeling of Keith filling her up and the way he had looked at her with that terrifyingly possessive gaze. She found herself avoiding Leo as much as possible, not because she didn't love her brother, but because every time Leo spoke to her, she felt like a liar, hiding a filthy, pulsing secret right under his nose. The house, which used to be her sanctuary, now felt like a cage that Keith had designed specifically for her, and the worst part was that she didn't want to find the key to get out.Keith didn't make it easy for her to maintain any semblance of her old life, as he began to exert his control in smaller, more psychological ways that kept her on edge. He would walk into the room while she was doing something simple, like folding laundry
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