Midnight Punishment

~Kaelen~

I lay in the dark of her Brooklyn penthouse, but the quiet of the room was a lie.

She was asleep against my chest, her breathing slow and even, but my blood was still running hot and black. Every time I closed my eyes, I didn't see the dark bedroom. I saw the dining room table at the Beaumont house. I saw Nathaniel leaning toward her. I saw the polite, receptive nod she had given him—the