SERAPHINA’S POV
“It was at a party with some of my…other friends – well, we’re not friends anymore but back then, we were. Judith made us all go together and an hour in, we were separated. I didn’t know anyone there, so I went outside for some cold air and that where I met them – Morgan and his friends. I’d already heard the rumors of how he was sadistic, how he’d always force girls into doing…depraving things for his sick entertainment, and he just…watches. He never touches them though, but his friends…” She pauses, taking deep labored breaths now.
I can already sense the dark turn her story is about to take, but I say nothing, not wanting to interrupt her. I try to offer her a small sense of comfort by gently patting on her back as she speaks.
“T-They cornered me, all half drunk and s
