Chapter 76

Anna’s POV

Suddenly, as the door shut behind them, I got a sickening recollection of the next few minutes that was almost physically hard to bear.

My hands were tied firmly behind my back, my hands and arms began to feel a pins-and-needles sensation, and the rope left red marks on the surface of my skin as I tried to move.

Except for a small lamp that was shedding its pallid light on the room, the rest of the world was dark and even the shadow of a doubt was suffocating in my heart.

Owen’s small body lay limp on my lap, his breaths shallow but steady. That was my only comfort now—he was still alive.

But for how long?

Hannah had left with that vile smirk on her face, and Gerald... Gerald had been the final blow. It wasn’t just the betrayal of Landen, the man I had once trusted with my life, but the way they both took pleasure in revealing the truth to me, piece by piece as if they were savoring my anguish.

I rested my forehead against the cold stone wall, trying to hold on to any rema