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“That’s awful,” she said, her entire demeanor changing. “I’m sorry that happened to her, but I’m not yourmom.”

She stood and crossed the room, leaving me gobsmacked. Yeah, she was right. I really didn’tunderstand.

“She ended up getting killed,” I said, rising to my feet. “She stayed, and she got raped and murdered by a rival club. He used her death as an excuse to go to war with them. Then he tried to sell me as a sex slave on my eighteenth birthday. Harley is just like Marini, Sam.He’s just likehim.”

Sam hesitated, her hand trembling on thedoorknob.

“If you want to get out, I can help you,” I pleaded. “Don’t let it come tothat.”

She turned, a smile plastered on her battered face. A smile that never reached hereyes.

“Harley loves me,” she declared, robotically. “He’ll protect me. Don’t worry, Sloane. Everything will be okay. You’llsee.”

Then sheleft.