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PROLOGUE
SAVANNAH
“You’re not coming anywhere near me!” I glance around quickly, looking for something, anything, to use as a weapon.
I pick up the Jane Austen I was reading, using it as a shield.
“Put that down, Savvy,” Miles says. “Eat your damned dinner. I can’t have you fainting from hunger.”
He’s right. I can’t faint. I want to be completely conscious for whatever he has in mind for me. If I’m unconscious, I can’t fight back.
“Eat,” he says again.
I take the tray and set it on the small table in the living area.
A fork.
Good.
And a spoon.
No knife.
The salmon is flaky and doesn’t require a knife. Not that he would have given me one anyway.
I force myself to ingest the food. All of it. And the water.
I rise. “I have to go to the bathroom.”
He blocks the door to the bedroom. “You’re not going anywhere.”
“Would you rather I piss on you?”
I regret my words as soon as I say them. With my luck, I just turned Miles on with that threat.
“Fine. Go.”
I head into the bathroom and close the door.
Of course there’s no lock.
And of course he can see everything I’m doing anyway.
Fucking cameras.
Is it really that important to watch me take a crap?
But I’m glad I ate the food. Already I’m feeling stronger. Healthier.
I made a deal, and I’ll see it through, but I won’t make this easy or enjoyable for him.
Then I laugh out loud.
Enjoyable for him? He’s already enjoying this. Whether I lie like a dead fish or fight him to the end, he’ll enjoy it. He’ll get off.
I flush the toilet and look in the mirror once more. My skin is pale, my hair is stringy, and the anxiety of the last several hours is imprinted deeply into my eyes.
I see myself as whoever is watching me sees me.
