Blood and Betrayal
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Every time he shifted gears, his arm would brush against my knee—a deliberate, territorial spark that reminded me I was no longer a guest in his life, but a captive.
The cabin wasn’t the rustic, cosy retreat the word implied. It was a brutalist masterpiece of glass, steel, and dark cedar, perched on a jagged ridge overlooking a black, bottomless lake. It was beautiful in the way a blade is beautiful—sharp, cold, and designed for a singular, lethal purpose.
As the gates groaned shut behind us, the sound echoed through the valley like a prison door locking into place. We were three hours from the nearest neighbour, and a lifetime away from the girl I used to be.