Torment: Part Two (The Bleeding Hearts, #2)

by Dylan Page

When I was little, it used to be a place of refuge, a haven. Even with the knives he had stowed away because they scared me, I had always felt safe with him. Shay used to soothe my fears. Now… he is the root of them.

“Shay is… he’s my…” I stumble over my words, not really knowing what to say. What do I tell them? That I’m his personal toy? That I agreed to do what he says to protect someone I love? That I’m trapped in this sick game of his just to please him, all while sacrificing everything that I am? What I want doesn’t matter, it never has. And here I am, trapped in this web, and I can’t find a loophole to free myself. So what exactly does that make me? A weak-minded, easily manipulated fool?

My situation was not my choice… not really.

Sometimes even good people make mistakes and regret them. But the consequences, in this case, are tragically permanent.