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Prologue

Sophie

I feel nothing, even though I know I should feel so Maybe I numbed myself because my body can’t handle any more pain…or maybe I’m just broken My body and my soul…broken beyond repair

I stopped feeling anything a few days ago I don’t know exactly how long because I haven’t been able to keep track of ti of useless time

Feeling nothing is better than the overwhel dread

How could my family do this to me? How could they just forsaken ?

There was a ti would have been o away, pray for ive them…

But after everything, after the beatings, being sold for money,they said I believed in all they taught me, just to find all of it was a lie

My whole life a charade—a means to an end

All my parents ever wanted was the money and power

I see this now, but it’s too late

Now I’ht down thethat can heal that kind of misery

Chapter One

Roman

All eyes are on Ivan and h the compound he used to run for Rossi Now that Rossi is dead, Ivan’s taken over the whole fucking operation Big h-dollar shit is , and a lot of these assholes don’t like change