The Obedience Trial
"Just now, we were bound by an Empathy Sync System. From now on, every bit of harm I suffer—physical or emotional—you will feel it all, exactly the same."
Gavin stared at me, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust and contempt.
"A new trick, hmm?" he sneered. "Sienna, I really underestimated you. Just to make me look at you once more, you’ll stoop to anything."
"You don’t believe me?" I asked.
"I believe you’re insane," he replied coldly.
I laughed.
Tears fell again, betraying me despite myself. I wiped them away and looked at the man I had loved for ten years, a man whose heart I had never managed to warm, and spoke in a tone so icy it startled even me.