Brutal Awakening

POV: First Person.

I stared at the dark grain of the kitchen table. The puzzle pieces of Rosa's confession snapped into place. I wasn't his love. I was merely one in a long string of kept women. Looking back now, sitting alone in the wreckage of my life, I realize the pathetic foolishness of my youthful belief. I actually thought my fragile love could tame a ruthless, violent man like Cassian Van