BELSHAR NESSAR ABED POV

I watched her run, my heart burning darkly. I'd wanted to test her, to see if she was going to stay with me even if she saw an opportunity to escape, but I should have known she was going to run. No one wanted to stay by a fucking monster anyway, but that didn't mean I was going to let her go.

Celine was mine and I refused to let her leave me. I already lost her twice, to lose her a third time was a call for insanity.

I thought that she was starting to warm up ...