Chapter 77 The Perfect Family

• Trigger Warning: This chapter contains depictions of emotional and physical abuse, captivity, psychological distress, and sexualized coercion. It also includes themes of non-consensual sexual situations and manipulation. Reader discretion is strongly advised.
• The sound of chains jingling against the worn oak headboard, accompanied by deranged grunts, echoed through the putrid dungeon. Draven had been gone again for weeks. Bellinor had turned into a raging, unpredictable time bomb, and Alinta was the explosive receiving end.
• She had grown accustomed to Bellinor's festering temperament. Despite Draven's warning, her living conditions worsened, and her health deteriorated, due to Bellinor’s continued vengeful neglect. However, the only change her captor had made was to make sure she ate.