Chapter 353
Jake's point of view
She curled her lips in a strange, calm movement, looking down at her slender palms, which were stained with my sweat and the marks of my lashing. She spoke in a lowered tone, as if addressing her own soul:
"In reality... I never knew I harbored this savage nature inside me before tonight. But I confirmed today, and today only, that I carry a dark side in the deepest depths of my soul... and it simply required a spark to materialize."
I let out a mocking, heavily sarcastic exhale despite my own defeat. "You mean, to be entirely accurate and precise, that you are a psychopathic mental case who requires immediate treatment in an asylum?"
She nodded her head with absolute, dead coldness and total detachment. "In a way... perhaps I truly am. But I am thoroughly enjoying this side."
