[Lilia]

He does a terrific job lathering me up. He washed my skin with a loofah, taking care not to scratch the bruises that littered my body. I am sitting like a child in his lap, but Kael doesn't seem to mind; I weigh nothing more than a feather to him. He was treating me delicately, as if I were a fragile little thing that could be damaged at any time.

But I am already broken. Shattered in a million fragments. My life had already fallen apart before he even purchased me for his pleasure. I ...