***NATALINA POV*** Aly spent the night curled up next to me. I woke up the next day to see the bruise on my knee was finally gone. I cautiously moved my lower leg up and down to see how stiff it was. Seeing it wasn’t, I figured that this would have been a good day. I actually felt optimistic. Then Father sent me a mindlink. Get off your ass and get to my office. You have five minutes. I groaned. Seeing Father was the last thing that I wanted to do, but I knew that the alternative was him barging his way into my room and dragging me by my hair down to his office. That was one reason why he said that women shouldn’t have locks on their doors; their men, both father and husband, should be able to do whatever it was they wanted with them. I needed to get the f**k out

