Chapter 253

ELENA

He moved, and the bed shifted under him. I took a quick breath before I stopped myself. Even in the dark, I saw him turn to look at me. “I won’t hurt you. Not in a physical way.”

“But you will hurt me with your words?” I asked.

“No. Not on purpose.” He stopped for a moment. “But I don’t feel things.”

“Feel what?”

“Pity? Mercy?”

“Feel.”

I tried to understand. “You don’t feel emotions?”

“No,