00:00The heavy oak doors slam shut behind me.
00:02My fate is sealed.
00:04Dante doesn't say a word.
00:06The murderous glint in his pitch-black eyes speaks volumes.
00:09He grabs my wrist...
00:12Dante, stop! You're hurting me!
00:15He shoves me onto the mattress,
00:16wraps a thick silk ribbon around my wrists.
00:18He secures them ruthlessly to the heavy mahogany headboard.
00:21I pull at the bindings until my skin burns raw.
00:23You can't keep me chained like an animal!
00:26I'll keep running.
00:27I'll never stop running!
00:30Dante slowly reaches into his inner pocket.
00:32He doesn't pull out a weapon.
00:33He pulls out a thick stack of glossy photographs.
00:36With a flick of his wrist, he tosses them onto the bed.
00:39They scatter across the sheets, right in front of my face.
00:42My blood turns to absolute ice.
00:44It's Chloe, my best friend.
00:47No! Leave her alone!
00:49She has nothing to do with this!
00:51You ran, Elena.
00:52Actions have consequences.
00:54I told you, you are mine.
00:56But since you refuse to listen to reason,
00:58maybe you'll listen to blood.
01:00You're a monster!
01:02I sob.
01:03He pulls out a sleek, leather-bound document and a gold fountain pen.
01:05A marriage contract.
01:06I'm your reality.
01:08Run again, Elena.
01:10Take one single step off this property,
01:12and Chloe's life is entirely erased.
01:15Please, don't hurt her.
01:18I'll do anything.
01:19I swear.
01:20Dante unties my right hand.
01:22He forces the cold gold pen into my trembling fingers.
01:25Then sign.
01:26My hand trembles over the contract.
01:28The last shred of who I was dies in this moment.
01:31The pen touches paper.
01:33I begin to sign away my life.
01:39The pen falls from my fingers.
01:41It's done.
01:42Dante picks up the contract.
01:43I see the faintest curve at the corner of his mouth.
01:45I stare at the ceiling.
01:47I feel nothing.
01:48Elena Vasquez no longer exists.
01:50Only his property remains.
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