The Basement's Lash

Elara POV

A potent mix of absolute shock and burning fury consumed my entire being. I stood frozen in the center of our living room, my pulse pounding a frantic, desperate rhythm against my ribs. My mind was still violently trapped in that suffocating study back at the packhouse. I couldn’t wrap my head around the unthinkable, malicious lengths my own father had just gone to. He had actually dema