The Instinct to Ruin

Clara

There are moments in life when you don’t need a functioning brain cell to realize you’re screwed.

This was one of those moments.

My body realized it before my mind could catch up. My heart slammed against my ribs. Heat rushed up my face, every passing second growing more unbearable as the reality sank in.

I was a dead woman.

Darius Thorne leaned casually against the tiled wall, as if he owne