HE LEFT ME FOR MY STEPSISTER, I MOVED ON TO THE NEXT
Chapter 175
I freeze, my breath trapped halfway between my ribs and throat. The metallic rattle echoes through the stone walls, bouncing back to me like the warning hiss of something alive. My pulse stumbles.
The door opens, slowly, as if the person on the other side is savouring my fear.
A tall man steps in. His face is hidden behind a black scarf, his eyes are small, sunken, like the colour of burnt wood. Behind him, dim yellow light spills from the hallway, catching the dust that drifts like lazy ghosts.