This Bastard

"Please, spare me this time," Maya pleaded, her voice cracking under the suffocating weight of the dark room. She knelt on the cold, hard floor of the VIP suite, her bare knees aching against the polished tile. Her body shook without control, tremors racking her spine as she stared up at Dante’s imposing figure towering over her. Tears spilled hot and fast down her pale cheeks, tracking through he