Duplicity: Book Two of the Ambivalence Quartet

Duplicity Laurel Violence had set me free.
Exposed his vile acts.
But...
There's always a but. Maybe I don't want freedom, not when I had been cradled in his palm for so long.
Kept so tightly at his hip. I can't admit it.
Can't let myself feel.
Not yet. I am told there is healing.
That I can get through this.
That I can forget. Maybe I don't want to forget.
Not when I have finally tasted power.

Mikey

Violence had set her free.
Exposed his vile acts.
But...
There's always a but. I'm locked away, m...