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While the silk feels smooth and cool against my heated skin, the tight rope bites into my flesh. My legs kick wildly, my muscles straining and aching in protest.
A faint scent of rose petals and frantic adrenaline lingers in the air, mixing with the musty smell of sweat and fear. Beads of perspiration cover my skin and my hair sticks to the sides of my neck. The thumps of my heart are so loud, I hear them in my ears. However, my entire attention is on the man hovering over me, his eyes hard.
Frosty.
Stormy.
His legs are on either side of my waist, then his fingers dig into my cheeks so roughly, I feel my jaw about to snap.
I clamp my trembling, dry lips shut and shake my head.
“Open your fucking mouth, Ava.”
I shake my head again and try to wiggle free, but he forces my mouth open and shoves something between my clenched teeth.
I bite.
He plunges deeper until his fingers are nearly down my throat.
I gag, and I swallow in fear that I’ll throw up all over myself.
Eli rises to his full height by the side of the bed, blood dripping from his fingers and slithering to the rug.
Drip.
Drip.
Drip.
My glazed eyes follow the crimson droplets as my defeated body slumps down. For a second, my skin dissipates into a cloud of nothingness and I’m floating inside myself.
As if I’m an imposter. A parasitic entity that shouldn’t exist here.
But I am here and I’m staring up at my warden. The man who shattered my life to pieces, prevented me from gathering them up, and is continuing the mass slaughter.
“Let me go.” My voice is low and weak.
“No,” he breathes out with unconcealed darkness.
“Please…”
“No.”
“Will you ever get enough?”
His hand wraps around my throat and he leans over until his voice vibrates against my ear. “Never.”
The door swingsopen and I’m thrust back to the present, my eyes huge as they clash with the same frosty coldness I met in the dream. Or perhaps a memory.
It felt too raw and gritty to only be a figment of my imagination.
Eli’s stare darkens like he wants to throttle me.
And he’d probably succeed.
“What do you want?” The question leaves my lips in a weak whisper.
The images—memories—that invaded my head still rattle me to my bones. I don’t see the Eli I’ve known my entire life.
