~VALENTINA MONROE~

"What are you going to do to me, Maeve? Tell me what he meant by becoming a Pleasure Doll."

I pressed for answers, but Maeve ignored me, dragging me along until we reached my room. Only after the door shut behind us did she finally speak.

"I warned you, didn't I?" Her voice remained calm, but there was something unsettling beneath it. "If you want to stay alive, do as you're told."

She folded her arms across her chest. "Thinking you could escape him after he's spent the past two years searching for you was delusional. All you've managed to do is make things worse for yourself." She...