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She had a few words with the guard on surveillance duty and she offered him a few pieces of jewelry to keep quiet—with the promise of more.
Having covered all her bases, she felt a low tremor go down her back as she exited her office.
When she’d last seen Raf on the video feed, he’d been pacing around his room like a madman, banging his fists against the wall every now and then. To a degree, she was scared of what she was going to find once she took the final step—she was afraid she would be looking in the eyes of her own failure.
But she steeled herself against that feeling.
Her Raf could never hurt her. Of that she was sure.
Her heels clicked on the floor as she walked determinately towards the room. Once in front of it, she removed her key, stabbing it in the lock and turning it sideways.
The door slowly opened. Her heart was in her throat as she entered, closing the door behind her.
“Raf?” she whispered, her voice barely audible.
He was with his back to her, staring at the blank wall.
He was wearing clean clothes for once, a white linen shirt paired with a white pair of pants.
As she advanced towards him, her steps echoed in the stillness of the room. That was when he finally reacted, pivoting and coming face to face with her.
He looked much better than the last time she’d seen him. His bruises had healed and his face was for once unblemished, his blue eyes sparkling even in the dullness of the sterile room. His blond hair was combed back, and he looked as though he’d showered recently.
Her lips spread into an optimistic smile, only to fall when a scowl marred his face, a loud growl-like sound emanating from him.
For one moment as her eyes had feasted on him she’d forgotten the circumstances that brought them together, in that room. She forgot that he was still suffering from the effects of the drug just as she forgot who she was to him—Noelle Villanueva, the wife of his master,nothis Lucero.
He now saw the real her—the one he abhorred so much. And that cut her to the bone.
“You,” he spat out. Before Noelle could say or do anything, she found herself knocked against the wall, his hand around her throat. His strength was inhuman as he raised her in the air until her feet dangled off of the floor.
She tried to open her mouth to speak, knowing she could make him see reason once he realized who she was. But she could only whizz incoherent sounds against the tight grip of his hand.
Her arms flailed around, and as he squeezed further, she realized she needed to do something or she’d really find herself in trouble.
She brought her hands around his wrist, tugging it to give herself some breathing room while at the same time kicking at him so he would let go.
Panic swelled inside of her the more she struggled with little results to show for, only more anger emanating from him in rippling waves.
In her effort to free herself from his hold, she managed to hit him in the stomach long enough for him to loosen his grip. Noelle slid to the floor, gasping for breath. But Raf wasn’t deterred. In his mind she was the enemy and he wouldn’t rest until he got to her.
She crawled on the floor in an attempt to put space between the two of them, but she barely got her breathing under control before he was on her again, this time pinning her to the ground with his body.
She moved wildly under him, terror clamoring inside of her as her body remembered previous abuses. And when his hand came down on her, she instinctively shrunk back, all fight leaving her body as previous trauma came back to the surface.
“Please don’t,” she cried out, feeling as though she was drowning in her own body.
Her ears rang, her mind was slipping from her as she saw herself back in the past, writhing in pain on the floor as she tried her best to protect herself from the incoming blows.
“Please,” she wailed. “Stop,” she cried in a ragged voice.
Noelle squeezed her eyes shut as she waited for the pain to come—it always came.
So ready she was for it that even the slightest touch burned her skin. Yet the brutal blows never came—thepainnever came.
She dared creep her eyes open to find Raf staring at her in complete shock.
His body was still on top of hers, his hips cradled between her thighs as he rested his weight on his arms on either side of her.
