Ava’s POV
Vanessa’s lips curled into a small, sharp snicker as she stared down at me.
She didn’t say anything, She just stood before me, tapping her fingers against her folded arms, circling me like a cat deciding how long it wanted to play with its trapped prey. Every of her footstep adds to the tickling of my heart beat.
I kept my head down, my fingers gripping the dirt-stained edge of my skirt, holding on like it was the only thing keeping me grounded. My chest rose and fell too fast, my heartbeat pounding inside my ears so loud it drowned everything else, but still, I couldn’t move. My body stayed frozen. Only my ears worked.
Venessa suddenly stopped circling me, she leaned down, just a little, her breathing space low and soft.
“Look at you,” she whispered, letting the words
