SELENE I slumped my back against the leather seat of the SUV, eyes narrowing through the tinted glass of the otherwise rather comfortable car. Leonardo sat by my side, and I could feel his eyes burrowing into me. He didn't even give me a chance to say farewell to my sister. What manner of cruelty is this? I focused my attention on the moving cars and people my eyes spotted as we drove on the busy road. How I wish I could be among those people walking freely outside. But I couldn't because this brute of a man had turned me into a mere commodity to use to pay off a debt. "Now you know the consequences of defying me don't you?" He suddenly probed, cutting into my thoughts. I hissed within me and chose not to reply to him. He suddenly grabbed my chin, forcefully hid my face to gaze at his

