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I can’t help but wonder if he’s ever sounded like a person rather than a commanding boss.
“I was trying to... to...” I stammer like an idiot, my cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
“Tell me now or I’ll make these ropes so tight, all your blood flow will be—”
“I just wanted to taste you! Okay? Is that what you wanted to hear?” I shout into his face, angry that he has me admitting my stupid, unfathomable emotions.
“I wanted to know what you tasted like and I’m sorry if you thought that was my way of bating you, but it wasn’t. It was just me, being a complete idiot,” I say, averting my gaze as I sigh, my skin heating all over as he soaks in my words.
He’s silent for a while, his gaze still burning holes into my face as I look away. When I turn to speak to him again, he silences me by placing his hand over my mouth.
Here we go again...
“If you behave like you’re supposed to and stop trying anything funny, then I will give you the pleasure that you’re seeking,” he bends to lick a trail up my throat, my skin igniting instantly.
“That means no trickery, no random kissing when I’m trying to control you. And no coercing my mother. That will only get you killed sooner,” he snaps, my blood boiling in my skin as my words of rebuttal rush to my lips.
He presses his hand down harder when he feels my mouth open in denial, his forehead pressing against mine.
“I mean it, Lori. Be a good girl and you’ll get what you want,” he says, shoving away from me after he says the words.
When he leaves the room, he doesn’t just leave me in my usual silent loneliness, he leaves me in complete confusion.
Because what exactly do I want?
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CHAPTEREIGHT
Lori
He left me alone for the rest of the day and when he returns the next morning, he unties me and allows me to eat on my own. He doesn’t say anything, just sits there in silence as I swallow down the same bland soup that I’ve had for the last three days. When I’m done, he grabs the bowl and sets in on the nightstand, still not saying anything to me.
The silence is beginning to drive me mad. The only form of conversation that I get is with Mariella and since I haven’t been able to see her, my mind is beginning to unravel. Obviously, the only form of communication that Marco and I have is whatever angry, confusing bullshit that he offers me. He never wants to engage in any form of discussion, never allows me to speak. I’ve spent so much of my life being alone that now after being a prisoner trapped in solitude, I want to explode.
So I do, I explode, but not in angry way. Instead, I just start talking, even though I know that he won’t respond and even if he does, it’ll just be a hand over my mouth and a command barked at my face, but I take my chances anyway because I cannot stand a second more of silence.
“I was twelve years old when I started losing my vision,” I say, staring at my hands that are knotted in my lap.
“I was eating dinner with my family one night and suddenly the room became a blur. I started freaking out, screaming to the point that everyone had to grab me to calm me down. My dad raced me to the nearest hospital. That was the first time I started having eye tests done. They didn’t have a complete answer then, just that I needed a specialist and to get a better opinion. My dad hired a team of elite doctors that night and brought them to the house and that’s when I was diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease. That wasn’t just the day that I started losing my vision, that was the day my father practically lost his daughter. That was the day I lost my chance at a normal life,” I say, his body tensing at the mentioning of my father, but still, he doesn’t stop me.
