Chapter 219: Growing Feelings

Once they were completely away from Steve, Amia let out a sigh of relief and turned to Stina. "Why are you so scared? He didn’t say he was going to punish you. You don’t have to be so tense." Stina, still trembling, replied, "Oh, Amia, you have no idea. If Steve decides to put me in confinement, he absolutely won't be joking about it. He’ll find some other way to make sure I get punished. He’s terrifying." "Do you understand the kind of fear I feel, Amia? It's like the fear of facing Satan himself. Every time he says something like that, I feel this deep, paralyzing terror. I know you can’t possibly understand," Stina said, her voice shaking as if she was standing in the dead of winter. Amia, puzzled, asked, "But you didn’t used to be this afraid of him. Why does it feel like you’re much more scared of him now?" She was truly confused. Stina had always been brave, even defiant in front of Steve. Now, seeing her so genuinely afraid made Amia wonder what had changed. It didn’t see