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Prologue

“Stop, oh God, stop!” He wouldn’t listen

It was then that Pepper Wallace kneas out to kill her She’d finally su to force her into going further than she was ready for Only, he’d rather beat her to death Not for the first tiht be the end

His grip in her hair was punishing

“Where do you think you’re going to go?” he growled against her cheek, biting the flesh The sting of ripping skin made her whimper

“Please,” she begged again Hope indling Blood dripped down her chin from the bite he just took out of her cheek and the bloody nose he’d given her

His laughter rang loud in the otherwise e at A supposed roet to know one another She knew she shouldn’t have let her best friend, Taut He was Tah, so she should have been able to have confidence in that

“You’rethe front of her sweater, he tossed her against the wall The crack and vibration of her skull bouncing off it ut, and her vision blurred “I’ve had er than you know”

Shrinking into the wall, she had no other option than to give into his deht then and there She wasn’t ready to die

For as long as Pepper could re and so consu that she couldn’t breathe She wanted the love she read about in books Unfortunately, as his boot ca to experience that Pain sliced through her skull like a thousand jackha, and the dizziness turned to black

The last thing Pepper remembered was icy coldness

Blinking her eyes open slowly, she watched as a heavy snow fell onto her, enveloping her in whiteness

She didn’t even re moved outside