Raven's POV
I felt my knees buckle beneath me, the weight of dread pressing so heavily on my chest that I could barely breathe.
“No, no, this can’t be happening,” I whispered, my voice shaking as I slowly sank to the ground.
“Please, Ansel,” I begged, my hands pressed together as if in prayer. “I’ll do whatever you want, just, don’t hurt her. It’s my fault, not hers.”
Tears streamed down my face, my vision blurred with desperation. But Ansel only smirked, his golden eyes gleaming with cruel amusement as he stepped toward me.
“So, you wanted to send a little message to Mommy?” he mocked, his voice dripping with venom. “You thought she’d come running to save her precious daughter from the big bad wolves?”
I flinched as he crouched down, his fingers brushing a stray lock of hair from
