AARON CONNOR

FOREST PARK.

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I always knew my mother wasn’t exactly a bed of maternal love. Her “lessons” never came with affection. The claw marks and bite scars on my skin were the only proof she’d ever been there. Cassandra always got her way—and if something refused to bend to her will, she broke it. By force. By fear. By betrayal.

“What do you get out of all this?” I ask Stefan, my voice low but tight, like a tendon about to snap. I’m no f