Zane is cursed. A magical creature trapped in the body of a human man. As hard as he tries to hate mortals, he cannot deny that he feels a strange connection to a certain woman…
Sera has been alone her entire life. She is a young social worker who spends her days attempting to heal her broken city. She is destined to an arranged marriage, a life and social status she cannot seem to fit into. Lonny, her fiancé, who has just been released from prison, is hoping to win Sera's heart back, despite all the pain he caused her.
Zane is bitter, jaded, and has given up on finding his way back to himself. Until Sera, the only one who can see Zane's true form, stumbles into his life.
When Sera pledges to help Zane break his curse, the two are plunged into a dangerous, fantastical adventure that will teach them the sacrifice of self-acceptance, the heartache of true love, and what it ultimately means…to be human.
Confinement is created by Emily Dinova, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

Confinement

Zane sat on the one high-top stool that hadn’t been destroyed. Sera stood between his legs, wiping the blood from his face with a damp towel. Zane tried to focus on the pain instead of the intense desire to reach out and pull her into his arms. 


“You’re not gentle at all,” he muttered with a sullen glare. 


She returned his glare with fire of her own, not bothering to give him a response as she concentrated on the task at hand. 


“You’re mad at me, aren’t you?” he asked. 


She huffed, avoiding his eyes as she continued to clean him up. 


“And you finished it, didn’t you?”


Sera was beside herself over the fight. Now that it was over, the truth of the matter sunk in quite deep. At the time it was occurring, she’d been so focused on the present. But now that Lonny was gone, the depths of what happened began to fester.


Chapter 19: The Escape