Chapter Twenty Six

Zella was a shadow, she drifted through the next few days barely awake living in a perpetual nightmare, how could she have got it so wrong? Alexis drugged her every night, she was so tired all the time that when he gave her that drink she took it without complaint. It blocked out the memories of what Alexis did to her or rather what she allowed him to do, he never forced her, she was a very willing partner. She hated herself because she could not stop him, when he touched her electricity sparked straight to her core and she was lost.

On her eighteenth birthday he took her out on a horse ride up into the hills near the lodge, she was amazed by the tranquil beauty of the place. He told her to dismount and tied the horses up then led her along a rocky path to a small clearing. She should have known he was not interested in the scenery, that he had brought her out here for one thing only. He told her to strip and stood watching while she did so, then he made her get on her hands and kne