FATED TO HER CURSED HYBRID STEPBROTHER
“That's a lie, sweetheart—a big, fat one. I left you for good when I walked out that door months ago. Didn't look back, didn't want to. But then this... this Ghost shows up.”
Ghost?
He paused, his voice dropping to a hysterical pitch, almost manic, as if the memory itself was driving him crazy.
“Ghost. That's what he calls himself,” he went on. “Some shadowy bastard who grabbed me in the dead of night, dragged me to this abandoned warehouse that smelled like rust and piss, tortured me, Maeve. Broke my fingers one by one with pliers, laughing the whole time like it was a joke. Threatened to carve my eyes out if I didn't listen. Nearly killed me, but he strung me up by my wrists until I blacke