The Cost of Mercy

DAPHNE

The car ride back home was suffocatingly silent, the air thick with Dominic’s simmering anger. I sat stiffly in my seat, my hands clasped tightly in my lap, unsure of what to say or do. He hadn’t even looked at me since I climbed into the car after chasing him down outside the gala.

I could feel the weight of his fury, and it terrified me. The way his jaw was set, the slight twitch in his f