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Owen lets out a dark chuckle. “This is definitelynotan act,” he says. “Everything you’re about to see is real, toy.” He slides his hand over my thigh and squeezes. “Fair warning—that guy? He’s not the main attraction.”
I squint at the man on the stage a few yards away. He still has his back to me. I guess he’s drunk or high or something, because he’s still staggering around like he can’t quite catch his balance.
Two burly men step onto the stage from either side. They’re each holding a rope that attaches to somewhere above. They approach the guy, and he’s dopey enough not to fight them off when they hook their ropes into the belt around his waist.
He grabs the ropes and tugs, and then glances over his shoulder as if he’s only just realizing there are other people around.
My body jerks like a bolt of lightning just shot through me. I sit forward in a rush, blinking furiously.
No. It can’t be. It’s impossible.
Beside me, Owen lets out another sinister chuckle. “Relax, Evie. We’ve got the best seats in the house.”
“Owen, stop this. Whateverthisis. Please.”
“It hasn’t even begun.”
I turn to him, gazing up into his eyes. The mask casts them in deep shadow, but I can see them glinting with sadistic delight.
Dear God.
It shouldn’t… but somehow that look excites me.
Woodenly, I turn back to the stage.
My ex-boyfriend, Brent, doesn’t seem to recognize me with my mask on—he’s already looking at the other people in the crowd. If he’s embarrassed to be standing naked in front of them, he doesn’t show it.
But I know him. He doesn’t move like this. Doesn’t act like this. He was always stiff in public, careful of what other people saw. I used to think he was being polite… but he didn’t want people knowing what a filthy fucking deviant he was.
From the way he’s acting now—loose and unbalanced—he must be drunk.
Or drugged… like you were.
A shiver chases through me as I grip Owen’s hand even harder. He makes a pleased sound in his throat at my anticipation.
There’s not a trace of dread in me anymore.
I have no idea what’s about to happen… but there’s one thing Idoknow.
No matter how bad it is, Brent deserves everything he’s about to get.
