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"I’ht I’ll simply send you to your room"

"Send me to my rooood cop to cop-out Fine, I’ll go to ht her by the chin She gasped at the sudden unexpected e in his demeanor

He forced her to a "That does not otten how"

Eleanor didn’t dare to blink or breathe Daniel loosened his grip on her chin but did not let her go

"I ain for the rest of this week," he said "Or I may fk you blind, deaf and dumb But you will be respectful of ements prove to be Understood?"

Eleanor blinked and nodded "Yes, sir," she said through tre lips

"Good Your room adjoins mine It is at the top of the stairs, the second to the last roos are already there"

"Thank you," she said, her voice little more than a squeak

Daniel smiled but it was not a kind sainst her skin made her uncomfortably warets your attention"

"It isn’t He grabs ed "I hate thehtened with suppressed laughter and Eleanor was struck again by how handso week

"Go," he said "I’ll see you to presence, Eleanor practically bolted toward the staircase Taking two steps at a time she made it to the top and down the hall to her room in no tirateful to be safe and alone for once that day Well, perhaps not safe, she told herself But at least alone