Captive Princess
"You were so awful to me before. Now it's your turn to beg."
I stared at her, my fists clenched at my sides.
But the thought of my mother's necklace, my last link to her, made me slowly, agonizingly, begin to bend my knees.
"Good girl. But first, let me show you where the necklace is now." Isabella laughed triumphantly and took out her phone.
She played a video and held it in front of my face.
On the screen, a filthy stray dog was wagging its tail. Draped around its neck was a string of lustrous pearls.