ARIELThe car door slammed shut behind me, the sound final as a coffin closing. Kazimir hadn't spoken a word since we left the club, his silence more unnerving than any threat. Through the tinted windows, I watched the city lights blur into nothing as we climbed higher into the mountains, putting more distance between me and anything resembling safety.The mansion appeared like a predator in the night, all sharp angles and impenetrable darkness.Kazimir hauled me up the stone steps, my bare feet scraping against cold granite. I pulled against his grip, but his fingers only tightened, the bones of my wrist grinding together."Stop fighting," he said, voice low. I spat at his shoes. "Go to hell."He sighed, as if I were a misbehaving child, and shoved me through the towering front doors. The entry hall yawned before us, a cathedral of wealth and power. My reflection stared back at me from polished marble floors, I was still in the silly revealing clothes those girls had handed me. I lo
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