“I saw you face down the man who terrorised your childhood and who threatened you with assault and gang-rape. And just because that man might be, genetically, your sire… I don’t say father… that does not mean he has any power over you. Klempner has no hold over you unless you give it to him. And you are too strong to let that happen. Do you understand me?”
“Jenny didn't have choices, but Charlotte does. And one of those choices is whether or not she lets something that is part of her past control her present and her future.”
She swallows, her sobs subsiding a little.
And now, he grips her chin, forces her face up to meet his. “When you and I first met, I wanted you because I admired you. Not just liked you. Not just loved you, although all of that is true. I admired you. Your courage, y
