Chapter 51: Swirling thoughts

"Mine."

Her stomach twisted.

It should have made her furious. She wasn't his. She wasn’t anyone’s to claim. And yet…

Her chest ached in a place she didn’t have the words to name.

The silence of the room swallowed her whole, and Serena sat motionless on the cold floor with her knees tucked to her chest and her forehead resting lightly against them.

Dominic’s voice—calm, low, unapologetic—played on