MEGHAN
My stomach knotted with nausea as soon as I understood what he was implying: flashes of what had happened to me in the kitchens blinked before my eyes – along with a thought.
No more.
I’d be f*****g dead before I let another man hurt me like that.
With all the rage I had in me, I slammed my knee into Cyrus’ exposed nether region: I watched as his mouth opened wide into a silent scream, the wind knocked out of him, his eyes so widened they looked like they were about to roll out of his head.
A small, wicked part of me relished at that sight: Cyrus had been the one to teach me how to fight – it was more than right that I was now serving him a taste of his medicine.
I didn’t waste time, and punched him straight into his throat: he lost his footing, tripped, and fell.
I already k
