~Zoe~
I was glad when we came to a stop because my body was aching and my eyes were closing because of unexpected exertion. I opened my eyes to see where we were, but I couldn’t see anything as the whole place was dark.
I heard jingling and assumed that Niklaus was dealing with keys, but what could he be opening? I forced my body to stay alert because I didn’t know what kind of situation I was in, and I knew I had to try to defend myself. Maybe he got off on being violent with women and his anger was that I had stayed away from his bed for three weeks. However, the punishment he was meting out was far too much.
How did he think I was going to willingly open my legs for him after he dragged me down the flights of stairs despite my begging?
A bone-chilling thought came to mind and I s
