Alice only wanted to help her younger brother when she confronted his bully. She ends up agreeing to do whatever Adam wants in return for him leaving her brother alone. He goes one step further, befriending and protecting her brother, but only for as long as Alice agrees to follow his orders. Orders that become increasingly difficult for her to agree to.

Blackmailed by the Bully

Sitting in English class, Alice barely heard a word of the lesson. Her mind was a storm of half-formed thoughts, and her focus had drifted far from the literary analysis of the day. Instead, she discreetly pulled her art notes from her bag and laid them over her English textbook. Her pen flew across...

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