Chapter Eleven
My bravery buckled, the words I’d said out loud felt like stones lodged in my throat, and I couldn’t swallow past them, could barely draw a breath into my lungs.
This wasn’t me… this wasn’t who I was.
But I had to become whatever they wanted, including a temptress, to save Trevor’s life. My insides seethed that the Sinful put me in this position in the first place, made me quiver with fear, and worst of all, had me desiring them when they were the enemy.
My gaze shifted to the luxurious ballroom, polished floorboards, the extravagant paintings of animal battle scenes in thick golden frames, and lush velvet chaise lounges at one end of the room. They looked expensive, one of them most likely costing more than I’d make in a year at the haberdashery. Fiery sconces adorned t
