Ariella
A cloud of dread with a mixture of unnerving silence hung over our heads. Sonia had asked if they could join our table, much to Zaden’s displeasure but when Ryker—the s**t-stirrer—gave her the go-ahead, Zaden was forced to stay.
Images from that night flashed through my head, graphic and visceral. His thick hands in Leroy’s hair. Leroy choking on his dıck. The horrible words he’d called me. The threats. Everything.
My stomach churned with apprehension.
Ryker was the first to break the silence.“What are you both doing here? I’m pretty sure this isn’t your honeymoon.”
A smile slipped through Sonia’s face. She’d always been so bubbly and kind to me. While the other Lunas segregated me and left me out of their conversations, she would be the one to strike up a conversation with
