The midday sun reflected off the windshields in the parking lot, creating a suffocating heat inside the car. I waited in the passenger seat, my mother had gone inside to buy “just a few things”—and it had already been twenty minutes.My phone vibrated once more. Dorian. The sixteenth unanswered call of the day.I let a cruel smile escape my lips. One week. A whole week without answering him, without responding, letting him wither in his own obsession. “Let him feel what it’s like,” I thought, “let the arrogant professor know what it means to need.”The passenger window suddenly shattered.Before I could scream, a strong hand covered my mouth, pulling me out of the car with brutal force. I struggled. Not because I wanted to escape, but because it was what was expected of me.My arms were quickly pinned behind my back.“Shhh, my little devil,” Dorian’s voice whispered in my ear, chilling and familiar. “I think you forgot who’s in charge here.”He dragged me toward a black van parked a f
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