Katarina Meadows

Prologue

I storm out of the ball room and bump into a man. I look up with the intention of apologizing but the moment I saw who it was my eyes widened. Quickly gathering my composure I look up at him, "What the hell are you doing here? Have you finally come to apologize?" He laughs, "Me? Apologize? Are you forgetting that you're the one who dumped me? You should be apologizing to me." I scoff, "Me? Are you joking?" He looks as serious as ever. "My God, Michael, how pathetic are you? Is your ego truly that big that you think I, the person you came to only to fuck when you pleased and then dipped, would apologize to you? What do you want me to do? Fall on my knees and beg for you to take me back?" A small smile appears on his face, "Yes, as a matter of fact, that's exactly what I expect you to do."

He looks me dead in the eyes "You're going to join me in the ball room, and you're going to dance with me, you're going to enjoy yourself." I scoff, "What makes you think I would ever go in there with you?" "Because if you don't I'm going to tell everyone what you did to your father." My heart skips a beat, how does he know? "What are you talking about, Michael?" He pulls out his phone and few moments later shows me the screen. A video of me torturing my father and all you hear are his screams. "Where did you get that?" He cracks a disgusting smile, "Few days into out relationship, I followed you to some warehouse, there I hid and watched as you tortured a man. He screamed and begged for forgiveness and mercy. Only you didn't stop until the little amount of light in his eyes began to fade more quickly." I stared at him horrified. "Just one click of a button and this video will be transferred to the screen in the ball room for everyone to see. For everyone to see what kind of person you really are."

Knowing Michael he won't stop until he gets exactly what he wants. At that point I had no choice but to do exactly as he said."After tonight, if you ever come near me again, you will be the one in the warehouse begging for mercy." He put his arm out for me to grab as we walk to the ball room. He was somehow wearing the same colors as me. He wore a black suit jacket and pants, dark red dress shirt, dark red dress shoes, and a black tie. I wore a long fitted silky dark red dress topped with black lace, dark red heals, and black cross earrings. We looked as though we got ready together.

We walked towards the doors and all eyes were on us, my mum looking horrified to see me with him. The confusion and pain in her eyes made my skin crawl. "Look happy and do as I say or I swear it will be the end of you Katherine," he whispers in my ear as we walk over to the dance floor to join the other couples slow dancing.

And suddenly those words opened my eyes to the future darkness that laid ahead of me.