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Chapter 72: Bound

**Jax**

I froze. My hands curled into fists at my sides, and I flexed my fingers. My jaw ached from how hard I clenched it.

"Wait. . . so you're saying he gets to pick whichever one of you he wants?" Chloe's tone mirrored my disgust and disbelief.

"Yes," Piper whispered.

The sound of her voice like that, so soft and vulnerable, made everything inside of me snap. If this a**hole Draven witch had the freedom to choose any one of them, he could easily choose Piper. And then what?

"And what if you refuse?" I asked.

"If we refuse, the three he didn't choose will be put to death. Publicly and painfully," Piper said. She still wouldn't look anywhere but at the floor, or maybe the couch. I honestly couldn't tell where her gaze was focused; I just knew it wasn't on me.