I Hate It Here

***Hazel***

I already expected Victor to be irritable and fussy.

That part didn’t scare me. I’d prepared myself for it long before he even woke up. I’d prepared myself for it the same way you brace yourself before stepping into cold water—knowing the shock was coming, yet telling yourself you could handle it.

Victor Sterling was not a man built for patience, for restraint, or for being told wha