Chapter 27: Who Do You Think You Are?

Cleo stared at Julien in terror. "Julien Warth, what are you trying to do? This is illegal!" Julien threw back his head and laughed. "Illegal? Here in Zerton, I am the law. If you don't drink, you'll regret it." She thrashed against the men pinning her, but their hands clamped down, iron-hard, and she couldn't move. Julien grabbed a fistful of her hair and yanked her head back, angling the bottle toward her mouth to jam it in by force. Panic surged through her. She writhed, desperate to break...