It had been cut down and removed entirely, one of the first things I had ordered done, and the empty air where it had been looked, to me, like the cleanest thing I had ever seen.

“Are you sure about giving this place away, Iris?” Dominic asked softly.

I looked at the empty space where the beam had been, and at the workers turning a house of cruelty into a house of refuge, and I did not hesitate.

“Completely,” I said.

Chapter 19 — Far Beyond Him

Outside, the estate gardens were quiet and green and peaceful.

No screaming.