The Banished Mate: Awakening The Silver Wolf
She blinked, blood mixing with tears, her lips trembling.
Damian raised a curved blade—beautiful, ceremonial, polished to a mirror shine.
“I want you to feel every second of your fall, Lila,” he said. “But I don’t want you to die. Not yet.”
Then, with slow, calculated movements, he dragged the blade across her arm—not to kill, but to peel away dignity, inch by inch. She convulsed, jerking in agony, the chair’s spikes embedding deeper as punishment for her resistance. He carved into her—not with rage, but with methodical cruelty, each cut a reminder of what she had done to others.