EPISODE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT- VENAR’S TORTURE

Karyna’s POV

When I gradually regained consciousness, the world around me came into focus in disjointed fragments. My head was throbbing with pain.

I could feel the rough texture of the forest floor beneath me. My vision was obscured, but a familiar face caught my attention, jerking me fully awake.

As my eyes adjusted to the rays of sunlight, I saw a figure standing above me, smirking devilishly.

I recognized it too well.

It was Venar. Henri and Julian’s cousin.

I still remember the last day I saw him. It was the day I married Julian. Everyone thought he was Henri because he wore glasses. Only a birthmark behind Julian’s ear set them apart. My father and all of NYU believed I had married my professor while he held my fiancé captive.

I shivered, recalling the most gruesome day of my life. That day, I saw a terrifying side of the man I loved.

“Ah, you must be the university whore he's fucking. Believe me, if you get pregnant, you will die conceiving his baby.”

“You probably don't kn