Kendra’s POV
Seized with fear, I raised my eyes from his hand to his face, not quite understanding what he was doing, not quite able to make my feet move. Scott didn’t say a word. He just stepped forward and took my arm, his fingers closing tightly around it before pulling me up out of my chair. His grip was firm, his jaw locked, and he didn’t so much as glance back at Caleb.
“Dad, stop,” Caleb said from behind me, his voice already rising. “What is she… what’s happening?”
Scott didn’t slow down. “You stay here.”
“Dad, let her go. Don’t do this.”
“You stay here,” he said again, and this time his voice cut sharper, more vicious. “If you kept your woman in line, I wouldn’t have to do this.”
I barely registered the words. I was too busy stumbling to keep up as he dragged me forward, thr
