Prologue

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Pain.

Nothing but pain.

A large area of my left cheek felt the stinging aftershock of a hard slap across the face. I felt a burning sensation, needles pricking just the surface of my soft, easily bruising skin, over and over again.

More pain.

Pain and unintelligible, uninterrupted shouting.

A tug at my blond hair picked me up from the cold tiled floor I had collapsed on. I hung limply under the hand that slapped me as the meaningless words ran past my understanding.

Under the hand that pulled and tugged at my brittle, sandy hair.

Under the hand that once held mine and told me "I do" at the alter, kissing me soon after. Seems like ages ago.

No one would suspect who was doing this to me.

No one would suspect the one who held me by the hair was my wife.

Adelia.

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