OWNED BY THE DEVIL
I stared at him, my heartbeat pounding so loudly it drowned out everything else.
Ownership.
The word echoed in my mind, sharp and poisonous.
“I’m not property,” I said, forcing each word out carefully, as if speaking too quickly might shatter what little control I still had.
Dominic Voss regarded me with mild interest, as if I had just made an observation worth considering but not agreeing with.
“In theory,” he said. “No one is.”
He reached into his jacket and removed his phone, checking the screen briefly before slipping it back into his pocket. The movement was casual, unhurried an infuriating contrast to the panic burning through my veins.