CASSANDRA
My heart beats so loudlyit nearly echoes against the walls of my room. Every sound of the house shifting has me on edge. Every creak could behisfootsteps, coming to see me and ruin everything.
Arthur. The man holding the keys to my cage. Keeping me from the happiness of my life.
“If you make the decision to leave him and go with me, there’s no going back. It’s ride or die. All or nothing.”
That’s what Rhett said to me last night, staring at me with his piercing eyes. His words feel embedded in my soul, like they’ve been imprinted on my heart. I take calm, precise breaths, as if one wrong gasp could shatter me and I’d be gone from the man I love.
I’ve been pacing my prison all day, surrounded by silk drapes and ornate woodworking, unable to eat, unable to sleep, unable to do
