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Chapter 8

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Karen’s POV

The door clicked shut sending chills down my spine and I went into the silence he left behind.

My body trembled, the cold air cooed against my skin.

Devon’s words lingered in my head, echoing in the corners of my mind, wrapping around my heart like a frailty. I slumped against the wall, my knees weakened as the weight of everything crashed down on me like rushing water.

The terror, the fear, the confusion, and the love that refused to die despite everything was all too much for me to handle.

I pressed my hand against my chest, feeling the frantic and increased beat of my heart. I had no idea how I’d gotten here, how the man I once loved had become my nightmare. My mind raced, searching for some way out, but each thought diminished realizing that there was no way out from where.

There was no escape, no one coming for me.

My gaze fell to the door, the only thing between me and freedom. But Sofia’s warning replayed in my head. “They won’t let you leave, Not alive.”

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