Part 2: Chapter 14

Arya

Oh, my God, why did I do that? What is it about Dimitri that causes me to act like a complete brat and crave his reprimand? I should just ask him to take me home right now and go bury my head in the sand.

Home…my bedroom. I don’t think I ever want to be in that room again, knowing what Dante had done to me in there. Actually, I don’t know what to expect when I get home at all.

“Have you heard from my father?” I suddenly ask Dimitri when we pull up in the underground parking of his penthouse.

He nods. “I spoke with him while you got ready this morning. Dante is being kept alive in his basement, and your sister should arrive this evening. Both your parents have been made aware of what Dante had subjected her to, as well as what you were forced to endure.”

I blanch and swallow hard. “That means my mother will hate me even more now,” I say, discouraged. My mother already blamed me for Adilah getting traded, and now she would blame me for the abuse she endured. “It won’t matter to