[ Until You Yield ] 8. Kept

After a brutal night, Bells is left alone in the luxurious spare ensuite bedroom - soundproofed and locked. Unable to walk, in pain, and stripped of everything except her rage.

BELLS

After he left, the adrenaline drained out of me slowly - and when it was gone, my ligaments roared. The pain had been waiting patiently beneath the shock and traitorous arousal, and now it surfa…