Rita's pov
My pulse instantly quickened at the sight of him, remembering how he had grabbed me like I was nothing and lifted me off the floor, leaving my legs dangling.
Seeing him now was a mix of putrid and humiliation bundled up in one. His appearance was just as appalling, if not more, and I remembered. A living–if I could say that-walking aberration that needed to be rid of sooner rather than later.
But I already had a game plan…I would amuse him and bend to some of his whims just enough to make me think that I had folded to his authority. Then, when I have all I want in my grasp, I would find a way to get rid of him.
"Why did it take you so long to come back?" she asked, his voice sharpened with rebuke as he stomped over to me.
Sienna nodded at me, carefully avoiding eye conta
