Perhaps shame got the better of him, because Adrian abandoned the idea of torturing her by hand.
"You filthy b***h! You really are alive. If it weren't for you, my life wouldn't be in ruins."
After his hand had been broken, the hospital director had wasted no time striking him from the rolls. He'd lost his job, his hand was useless, no one would hire him, and his sister had vanished. He didn't dare go after Damien directly, so he had been lurking around the Willow Recovery Center, hoping to seize Seraphina's mother and use her as leverage. Damien had reinforced the security, however, and he had never found his opening, until today, when he'd slipped in by following her.
Only now did Seraphina learn what had happened in her absence. She was quiet for a moment. "You brought this on yourse
