Olivia’s POV
After putting the collar on me again, Damien allowed me to move freely outside of the tower.
“I don’t care what you do with your time,” he told me. “Come when I call. Do not try to escape. Know who you belong to. Those are the only rules that matter.”
I could agree to those rules outwardly, but inwardly, I defied them.
I would have to obey him and go to him when he summoned me. There, I had no choice.
But I would only ever belong to myself, not to anyone else, and certainly not to him. If anyone had some other claim to me, it would have been Jacob. As my fated mate, he at least had hold over my heart.
And as for escaping? Now that I had some liberties to walk around freely, I fully intended to use them to plot my next escape attempt.
I couldn’t be rash this time. I ne
