Chapter 15

She was overwhelmed with fear at Gideon's cold cruelty. A life had just been extinguished so effortlessly, and yet Gideon remained calm, as if it were nothing. Gideon gently pulled Sadie into his arms, his fingers brushing over her frail, bony back. "My Sadie is finally back," he whispered. His voice trembled with the emotion of something lost and found, as delicate as if he were holding fragile glass. Sadie shivered slightly in his embrace. This was the same man who had just casually taken...