Juliet's POV
"In the darkest day and darkest night, no evil shall take over my soul; I will overcome them all with the power bestowed upon me by God." I whispered our family's morning prayer, repeating it like a mantra as I sat alone on a plush sofa in a small, unfamiliar room. Since the day I married the cruelest man on earth, I'd lost sight of the light at the end of the tunnel.
The room was sparse, with only a small bed and a sofa to sit on. The emptiness was palpable, and the silence was so profound that even a sneeze would echo off the four walls, reverberating back to me.
Mia had been the only person I'd seen from Mr. George's burly, red-eyed men, who had dragged me to his room at their boss's command.
The only thing visible was a sliver of light that streamed down through the w
