Chapter 14 We're Just Getting Started

• ANASTASIA
• Behave, or you will pay, were his words. I don’t know why something in me wants to pay, so I dare him.
• I don’t get to see his face or reaction because my feet give out and the world turns upside down. No, it’s not my feet or the world. It’s him as he picks me up and throws me over his shoulder, landing me roughly on the desk. Denver doesn’t do gentle; in fact, he is the furthest thing from gentle. He is coarse, harsh, and strict.