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EMBER
Idon’t know how much time has passed.
But I do know that death is not far out of reach for me. I’m barely able to open my eyes, but when I do, I wish I hadn’t. Rafferty stares down at me, his eyes completely black. When he smiles, there is no remnant of the man I love in the sadistic grin.
“She’s awake,” he growls in a voice that is so like his it hurts my heart.
Even as I know this is not real.
“Oh, good.” Ailis steps up beside him and smiles down as she strokes his bare arm with her fingertips. They’ve been screwing solid for—shit—who knows how long. But at some point, I’d heard enough that it became repetitive.
That or I passed out. Could truly be either. I’m so damned exhausted I’m asleep more than I’m awake at this point.
“Did we bore you?”
I close my eyes and turn my head to the side as a tear slips free. Truthfully, even knowing it’s not real—seeing him pleasuring her is too damn much for me to handle. And, shit, she knows how to make it real.
Because she’s been with him. The real him before.
“Oh, Ember, come on, don’t be like that. We’re having so much fun.”
I’ve been berated.
Cut open.
Beaten.
Literally pissed on by more than one ancient as I lie here helpless.
And yet, she calls it fun.Sadistic bitch.
“Just let me die,” I plead. “Haven’t you tormented me enough?”
“Torment?” She clicks her tongue. “Honey, there is worse torture than seeing a man like this naked isn’t there?”
I turn my head toward her. “That’s not Rafferty.”
His grin spreads.
“No?” She reaches behind my head and grips my hair, yanking my head to the side and giving me an eyeful of fake-Rafferty’s dick. “Doesn’t it look like him?’
“The real Rafferty would be disgusted by you,” I snap back. “He would kill you before he’d touch you again.”
Rendered helpless, my words are all I have left. And I will use them to make her kill me until the day she—or this broken bond—finally does.
“Oh, but he did touch me plenty when we were mated. Did I ever tell you how he fucked me from behind in the throne room of the castle? Bent me right over the arm of it and drove into me until I could hardly walk.” She releases my hair and kneels beside me. “Rafferty can fuck like an animal, though I imagine he hasn’t shown you that side of him, has he? Given that a single touch could break such a weak person.”
I close my eyes against the tears. Again, not because her words are affecting me in any way other than reminding me of what I lost.
“Has he? Fucked you that way?” When I don’t answer, she laughs. “I didn’t think so.”
“You ever think he fucked you from behind so he didn’t have to see your fucking face?” I shoot back.
Ailis stops her retreat and turns toward me. “Excuse me?”
I smile.Finally.I’ve been shooting every possible insult her way since she tied me down, and nothing has gotten this reaction. Truthfully, Ailis is beautiful. And, to second that, I rather enjoyed having Rafferty behind me, but this thread I’ve found—I will tug at it as long as it works. “I bet he always knew you were not worth his time. Back in my world, men simply love to fuck. And they turn you around when they don’t want to look at your face,” I lie. “Which, given that you lied and drugged Rafferty into believing you were his mate, I imagine is likely the truth with you.”
Her golden eyes narrow on my face.
