CHAPTER 37 — Regrets
The silence that settled over the spacious bedroom was heavier than the iron that had just torn her apart. Kael stood entirely frozen, his massive chest heaving in ragged, uneven rhythms as he watched the lifeless body of Aurora hanging limp by her hands from the high ceiling chains. She didn't move. She didn't breathe. Her head dangled forward, completely unresisting, as a heavy curtain of silver-blonde hair shielded her face from his sight.
The frantic adrenaline that had driven him into a feral frenzy moments ago evaporated into the cold air, leaving behind a hollow, suffocating dread. The thick bull-skin whip slipped from his numbed, trembling fingers, hitting the dark granite floorboards with a dull, wet thud.
Her back looked absolutely terrible.
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