My throat tightened.Not far from where he’d pushed me to the floor, I could see some kind of hammer with spikes on it hanging against the wall. My knees buckled as I dragged myself up, grabbing onto Ivan’s legs.“Please,” I sobbed, “whatever you’re planning, please don’t. I made a mistake. I’m so sorry. It will never happen again! Let me go. I’m sorry—”I choked as his hand grabbed my throat, wrapping around it and cutting off my words. His eyes were darker than obsidian black. Much darker than I’d ever seen them, and when he spoke, his calm words carried a deadly weight.“Do you remember what I told you, Birdie?” he said. “That the day you take Sofia outside this house, I will fulfill a promise to you. Do you fucking remember?”Promise? What promise? My brain scrambled helplessly, but Ivan lowered his head, tightening his hold around my neck as he smirked devilishly at me.“I promised to bury you alive, Vanya. It’s time I fulfill that promise, don’t you think?”“No, no, no, Iva
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