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Chapter 40 - Sold For Protection

Chapter 40- Sold For Protection

Selene ~~

He said it again.

Those same words.

"This is for the best."

He repeated them like they were holy.

Like they made sense.

Like giving me away—like I was a bag of grains—was some kind of brilliant plan.

Something inside me snapped.

"That's exactly what you said the last time," I spat, stepping forward. My voice was shaking, but not with fear—with anger. "That same sentence—this is for the best—was what you said that got me angry and angrily walked out of your sightAnd what happened after that? Huh?"

I pointed at him with a trembling hand. "I passed out like a dead animal. And I stayed in the coma for days."

He opened his mouth to respond, but I didn't let him.

I wasn't done. Not even close.

Before anyone could say anything, a voice cut through the room.

"Calm down, Selene," someone said gently.

I turned sharply to the man who spoke.

"You can't raise your voice like that," he added.

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