LILY

I stiffened, the blood draining from my face as I stared at the screen, at the horrific headline glaring right back at me. Every single cell in my body went completely numb.

Shakily, I reached for Silver’s phone, my thumb tapping against the glass as the video began to play.

It was short—barely ten seconds long. It didn't capture me being dragged away against my will, didn't capture me fighting with everything in me, and didn't capture me weeping and begging for mercy. It only captured me pinned beneath him. The clip was maliciously edited, clipped and cropped to feed the world a disgusting lie.

Then came the headlines,...