-LILIAN-
He kicked open the heavy door to his chambers, throwing me inside with a force that sent me sprawling onto the plush rug. The door slammed shut behind him, cutting off the world. The room was grand, luxurious, but suddenly felt like a gilded cage.
He stalked towards me, his eyes burning with an unholy fire. My heart hammered, but my own rage, buried deep beneath the terror, began to stir.
"What were you thinking?" Alexander roared, his voice shaking the very walls. "To defy me like that? To run to him? After what he did? After what you did?"
I scrambled backward on the floor, pushing myself up, meeting his furious gaze. "What I did?" I screamed back, my voice raw from weeping and defiance. "What you did, Alexander! You're a monster! You tortured him! You brutalized him! He wa
