TIARA THORNELLS
The sting from the slap was still throbbing across my skin, it was sharp and numbing. My balance faltered from the sheer force of it, and if Railee, Sephora, and Delailah hadn’t rushed to my side, I would’ve collapsed right there on the floor. They helped me steady myself as my legs trembled beneath me.
I placed my hand on my left cheek. I could feel the weight of her palm imprinted on my skin. The impact was so strong that it left me stunned.
I turned my head slowly, my breathing uneven. My chest rose and fell with each shaky inhale, as if my body was trying to catch up with the shock that had just hit me. I locked eyes with the woman who had slapped me, the woman who had introduced herself as Sofie.
And the way she was looking at me…
Her eyes were narrowed, filled wi
