Lena's POV "Nikolai... please," I choked out, the air trapped in my throat as his fingers tightened like iron around my neck. "Forgive me... please...""Forgive you?" Nikolai’s voice was a low, terrifying growl right at my ear, devoid of any warmth. "Forgiveness is earned, Lena. And you have done nothing to earn mine."Tears blurred my vision, but through the haze, my eyes flicked back to the man in the chair. Alexei’s head was tilted, and a dark, sickening smirk spread across his bloodied lips. He was mocking me. Even bound, beaten, and staring down the barrel of a gun, he was laughing at me. He knew I couldn't do it. He knew that no matter how much he had abused, used, and traumatized me, I was still paralyzed by his ghost. He was the shadow that had haunted my entire life, the deepest scar on my soul, and it was hard to kill a shadow when it was the very thing that broke you.Anger, hot and volatile, suddenly burned th
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