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She’d been watching Joshua and me. She had a spy inside the club watching us, too.
“When I asked my friend to cozy up to Kerr, I found out that my Master Stephen had told him to leave you alone. Poor Master Kerr was dumbfounded and still pissed that Mika had asked him to leave that night. Stupid prick. Kerr thought you were playing games with him. That’s when I hatched my plot to get rid of you.” The terrifying gleam in her eyes made my blood turn to ice. “When my friend told me she was sad Kerr was leaving the country on business, it made my job that much easier.”
“You could have come to me and told me you still loved him. I would have stepped aside,” I lied.
Carnation snorted with a sarcastic scoff. “As long as you’re alive, he’ll always want you. He doesn’t love you. He’s never loved anyone but me. You know that, right? He loves me, and he always will.”
Agree with her. Play along with her irrational rambling. Buy yourself some time.
“You’re right. Joshua doesn’t love me, and I don’t love him. We’re only friends,” I fibbed.
“Who the fuck is Joshua?” she snarled. “I’m talking about my Master…Master Stephen.”
“Oh, right,” I whispered as my head screamed in pain.
“Hmph, I must have hit you harder than I thought. Are you trying to pull some psychological mumbo-jumbo on me, whore? It won’t work. A couple dozen shrinks have already tried. I’m not crazy.” She paused and narrowed her eyes. “You think I’m crazy, don’t you? Just like all those other fucking bitch subs at Genesis. They always talked about me behind my back. They thought they were better than me. But I’ll show them. Master Stephen will take me back, and he’ll force that weasel-prick Mika to reinstate my membership. I’ll be back, dammit. Even if I have to kill them all.”
“In your fucking dreams,” I murmured. Fuzzy and sick to my stomach, I wasn’t sure if I’d actually said the words aloud or simply thought them.
Carnation gripped a fist in my hair and yanked my head back. I cried out in pain as she kicked me in the ribs. I grunted, biting back a howl of agony.
“My dreams are none of your fucking business, whore. Let me tell you something. You’ve spread your legs for my Master for the last time. I’m going to cut your nasty cunt out and shove it down your throat. Now shut the hell up. My fun with you is just getting started,” she cackled in a dry, brittle whisper.
“How did you find us here?” I whispered, hoping I could keep her talking long enough that someone would find me.
She chuckled. “Might as well tell you the truth. You’ll be taking it to the grave, anyway. My Master Stephen used to bring me here sometimes with Ian,” she preened. “I was special enough that he wanted to share me. Show the other less fortunate Doms what a special girl I was. Ian loves me, too. Don’t think he doesn’t.”
I wanted to gag. She was beyond delusional. Outside, I could hear voices calling my name. Oh, thank heavens. They’re looking for me.
“Fuck,” Carnation hissed. “That didn’t take as long as I’d hoped. Be quiet now, bunny, or I’ll have to slit your throat.”
Snatching a knife off a long wooden workbench, Carnation squatted down near my face.
“How did you like my texts? Pretty convincing, huh?” she snickered. “It was fun and so damn easy. I played you like a damn fiddle. All this time you thought it was your old Master after your ass. That’s fucking classic. Sorry, bitch, but Kerr doesn’t want you anymore, and neither do I. Looks like you’re going to have to die, bunny. You’re in my way.”
The more Carnation confessed, the faster the pieces snapped into place. She was obsessed with Joshua. And in her twisted, totally fucked-up mind, she truly thought he would take her back. I wasn’t about to argue with her.
Pulling a blue bandana from her pants pocket, she tried to shove the cotton cloth into my mouth. Clenching my jaws, I jerked my head back. A fresh wave of pain crashed through my brain, but I refused to open my mouth.
Landing a fist to my cheekbone, then another, she cursed me under her breath. White lights exploded behind my eyes. I cried out, but my wail was instantly muffled as she crammed the bandana inside my mouth. Pressing her knee against my lips, she peeled off a strip of duct tape. Where the roll had come from, I didn’t know.
My vision faded in and out, and I fought the urge to vomit as she slapped the adhesive over my mouth. I knew I was going to die in the cold, musty room. I just didn’t know when or how. I prayed she wouldn’t make me suffer long, that she’d put a bullet in my head before she beat me to a bloody pulp or dismembered my body.
Why hadn’t I told Joshua that I loved him when I had the chance? How was he going to survive losing two women that he loved? Would he ever risk his heart again? Tears stung my eyes and made the throbbing in my head expand with a gut-churning spike.
Sanna’s frantic cries for me grew loud. I groaned as I raised my head off the floor and looked toward the door.
“Do you want sissy to come in and play with us?” Carnation asked in a manic whisper.
Grunting, I shook my head no. My brain felt like it was lined with spikes, and my movement sent the barbs piercing inward with an agonizing stab.
“Oh, but I’d like for little Sanna baby to have just as much fun as you are. Wouldn’t you?”
A pitiful moan burned in the back of my throat, and I shook my head more adamantly, sending shards of white-hot pain piercing inside my brain.
Long minutes later, I heard Joshua call my name in a tone dripping with so much panic my heart shattered. He called out again. His voice was louder, more demanding. I didn’t want to die. Not here. Not now. I’d finally found the man who made me complete. Fate wouldn’t be cruel enough to take me now, would it?
“We don’t want him playing with us,” Carnation whispered. “If he knew what I was doing to you, he might not want me back. He can’t find us, because I won’t be able to finish what I started. And I’ve been looking forward to making you suffer for a long, long time.” The sound of her vile, hissed cackle made my skin crawl.
