Heroes & Villains: The Complete Dark Romance Duet

Heroes & Villains: The Complete Dark Romance Duet

Author: Natasha Knight Listening Length: 13h 9m

She doesn’t belong to me. I am the illegitimate son, unwanted and despised. Ophelia Hart is the girl next door. I’ve watched her grow up. And rescued her countless times from my half-brother. I’ve been gone from her life for two years and when I run into her again, she’s no longer a girl. Only problem is, she’s we...

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Chapter 10 Ophelia

OPHELIA

Afew days after my dinner with the Foxes, I decide I’m going to see my father whether he wants me there or not. I can’t put off telling him about the engagement any longer. Invitations will begin going out within the week, and beyond that, I need him to explain his letter telling me to stay away.

I walk into the prison, hearing the sounds of guards calling out, of heavy metal doors clanging open or closed. The smell of the place is stale, like body odor and old food, and the thought that my father will spend the next ten years in here is too much.

I wait at the small table the guard had pointed to, jittery, anxiously bouncing my leg. At least he’s in a federal prison so the offenders aren’t violent. Or at least not as violent as they could be? I don’t know. It looks pretty bad from my perspective.