Chapter 10

• Upon freeing herself from the structure that held her securely, Victoria squeezed her eyes shut in an expression of agony, hoping for it to be quick. She didn't want to feel pain, or worse, remain alive and injured under the care of whoever was available in that house.
• The sensation was almost like flying, if it weren't for something that held her firmly, so firm that it dislocated her wrist.
• The next thing she felt, after being snapped out of her trance, preventing the almost end of her life, was Damiano's stubble beard brushing against her face as he held her in his lap, preventing her from completing the impulsive action she had taken.