In despair, she struggled and shouted, "Samuel Nelson, I won't love you anymore! Let me go!"

He struck her again. Barely using any force at all. "Seems like you haven't learned your lesson if you still have energy to yell at me."

Eliana didn't feel physical pain anymore, but it didn't matter because her heart was already breaking.

She lay on the desk, tears streaming down uncontrollably. "You've changed," she cried, "You're not the Samuel I love. I'll ...