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I jerked my gaze her way. “Yeah?”
“I can’t feel my foot.” She shifted her gaze from my trembling hands and clutched her leg.
I moved in front of her and grabbed her calf. “You’ve had cramps all night.”
She was tight, her muscles quivering as I kneaded until she closed her eyes. “Oh, that’s it.” She flinched, that crease in her forehead growing deeper. “Right there.”
It didn’t matter how deep that abyss went for me. This was what I focused on. Caring for her, protecting her, as best I could. I worked her muscles until they slowly eased. She was so small under the fleece, too fucking small. But still she didn’t eat.
The sound of heavy steps drew my gaze to the door. My gut clenched and panic rose as the lock snapped and the door opened. Two women dressed in black stepped in. I scanned the lace they wore and their clasped hands as I pushed to stand.
Two guards followed. That was bad enough…until the bastard they called The Teacher followed. He scanned the room, that stony gaze settling on Ryth. “Ms. Castlemaine. It’s nice to have you back with us.”
Ryth pushed to stand beside me. “Fuck you.”
She glanced at the women as the last guard through locked the door behind him.
“Seeing as our normal clients are unable to visit us, you will assist us in their training,” The Teacher said carefully. “After all, it was due to the disruption you caused.”
“What?’ The color drained from Ryth’s face.
“No.” My pulse raced as I moved in front of her, glaring at the guards. “You heard what her father said. She’s not to be trained.”
“No.” The Teacher shifted that empty stare my way. “Shewon’t be trained at all. But youwillassist us intheirtraining.”
Sonofabitch…
“After all, you’ve already given us a taste of what we want, haven’t you?” He looked at the CCTV camera in the corner of the room.
I clenched my fists. Rage burned deep. The piece of shit had been watching. Even with my back to them to shield her, they’d watched it all. I bet they fucking enjoyed it too.
“Amber,” The Teacher directed. “Get on your knees for Mr. Banks.”
Blood rushed from my face, leaving me cold and empty.
“No.” Ryth’s hand found mine, her tone dangerous. “Take a fucking step and I’ll kill you.”
The Teacher smirked. But he said nothing, just reached into his pocket and pulled out an image before turning and sticking it to the wall behind them. It took me a second to realize what the image was…then I did.
“You bastard.” Ryth lunged. I moved fast, catching her before she did any damage.“You were watching us?”
The Teacher just held her stare. “Always.”
Always…
I stared at the image on the wall, remembering that night like it was yesterday. It was right after our parents were married, when all four of us were left alone in the gardens outside the reception…and Nick was on his knees.
“You watched us.” I repeated her words. “Howfuckinglong?”
“From the very first night.”
The very first night…the breath was snatched from my chest. This wasn’t just a spur of the moment reaction to what we’d done with Ryth, was it?No…this was planned from the very beginning.From the beginning.
From the beginning!
Still, I couldn’t stop staring at the image taped to the wall. It meant something and more than the realization this shit ran deeper than a woman and her daughter turning up on our doorstep in the middle of the night with nothing more than a garbage bag for their clothes.
No, this image saidmore…
