Stripping the Dress

CAMILLA

I stared at the gleaming steel blade held firmly in Victor’s large hand. The master bedroom plunged into a suffocating, terrifying silence. My stomach knotted into a tight ball, but I forced down the overwhelming urge to flinch, to scream, or to run toward the locked door. I gave a small nod and slowly turned my back to him, just as he instructed. I swept my dark hair over one shoulder, l