00:03they broke my arms first then my legs then they severed the tendons in both my wrists
00:08slowly like they wanted me to feel every fiber snap i couldn't scream anymore my throat had
00:14given out somewhere between the second and third bone the whitmore air is unhinged everyone in
00:20fairhaven knows that cross him and he'll destroy you and the woman he protects above all others
00:25just happens to be the stepsister i hate most celeste hale smashed the urn that held my mother's
00:31ashes did it right in front of me smiling while the porcelain shattered across the floor so i broke
00:37her hand the next day i was dragged into this pitch black warehouse with the last strength i had i
00:43unlocked my phone and called the one person i trusted most in this world my bodyguard the man who had
00:48been
00:48by my side for three years the line connected but the men standing over me didn't panic they
00:55straightened up and one of them answered with a voice full of deference mr whitford
01:02everything inside me went quiet i wanted to die but my mind dragged me backward three years to a
01:07night when it rained so hard the gutters overflowed a group of men had cornered someone in a back alley
01:12he fought like something beautiful and desperate his silk shirt clinging to him every punch sharp every
01:18movement precise even after they beat him bloody that streak of red only made him more striking fierce
01:23and desolate like a ruined painting when he finally went down i pushed open my car door and called the
01:28police
01:29the thug scattered i reached out my hand i save your life and you protect me for three years
01:35rain hammered against his sharp face he lifted his head his dark eyes were cold and unreadable
01:40he never answered i took that as a yes i wasn't a saint i just liked what i saw no
01:47one in this world
01:48loved me so i wanted to choose a family for myself and he was handsome enough miserable enough and
01:53alone enough i chased him for three years for three whole years he stayed cold as ever some wild thing
01:59that refused to be tamed he didn't love me but whenever i was in danger he showed up first he
02:05always
02:05saved me that had been enough now i lay in the dark with my bones shattered and his name still
02:10ringing
02:10in the mouths of the men who did this to me mr whitford mr whitmore the person i trusted most
02:17in this
02:17world had ordered every single break
