HE BROKE ME; THEN HE OWNED ME
He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, staining his fingers red, and laughed hoarsely.
“You’ve always been ruthless,” he rasped, voice cracking. “But poison, Isla? You’d rather watch me choke than finish me with steel? That’s not the woman I knew.”
I rose from my chair, my heels clicking against the floor, and leaned over him, close enough that my shadow covered his face. “The woman you knew is dead. What stands here now is someone smarter. Someone who doesn’t make mistakes twice. Steel is quick. Steel leaves a body. But poison…” I brushed my fingers lightly over his chest, where the tremors of his failing strength shivered beneath his skin. “…poison makes people doubt themselves. It
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