RUBY

"This is impossible," I muttered, repeating the same thing over and over and letting Horton drag my helpless body until we returned to the villa. There was no meaningful resistance I could offer. My energy vanished, as if swallowed by the earth without any resistance at all.

"I can't believe you lied to me and still intend to run away from me," Horton protested when he found me again in my room.

Ever since I saw Luther with another woman, even carrying a baby, I've genuinely lost half of ...