2.5 Years Ago
Ada checked her outfit and looked over herself once again in the mirror. She rotated her wrists experimentally to see if the healing marks from the manacles showed underneath the sleeves of her top.
She didn’t break under Etienne. Nor did she give up.
But one day he sat next to her on the bed and told her he needed her for something. She was ready to throw anything he said back in his face. But she was taken aback by his confession.
“I can’t think of anyone except you. I don’t want any other woman except you. It drove me insane when you wouldn’t respond to me. When I had the ability to get what I want, and the power to get away with exactly that, I couldn’t stop myself. I wouldn’t have been able to walk this earth with a head held high unless I had tried every route p
