Elara's POV
Today, school dragged on like it always did now. Nothing felt real anymore.
Every class that I had blurred together into each other while my mind simply just kept replaying Damien’s hands on me yesterday alongside his voice in my ear telling me who I belonged to. By lunchtime, I felt tired and empty.
Jake found me sitting at our usual table outside. He dropped his food tray just across from me with that easy smile sitting on his face, and his hopeful eyes that always made me to feel lighter.
“Hey, Elara. You disappeared after yesterday. Everything good?” he asked before sitting down.
I looked at him and felt a small pull in my chest. Jake was simple. He was safe with no secrets and no danger unlike the stepbrother who had f****d me like he owned my soul.
But Damien’s wor
