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"I think I’ what horrible thing is going to happen to ivethere, I didn’t really understand what I was saying, but the part ofup, really did Brace yourself…

Caleb’s blonde hair, usually grooe to brush it away fronant silence I watched hiht, but I wasn’t afraid I was done being frightened of Caleb If he were going to hurt me, he’d have done it already He wanted to tellfor his words I craved, my heart jammed into my throat as I willed him to continue "If only I’d never laid eyes on you, never met you…" His wistful words suddenly caused a deep ache in ations, Kitten" He sed deeply His brows knitted together to instantly let ust all at once The desire to touch him was almost too much, but then I realized I should be worried about what the hell his words would mean to me and less about what they did to him "There’s a man who needs to die I needed you…need--" He paused "If I don’t do this now then I’ll never be free I can’t walk away until it’s done Until he pays for what he did to Rafiq’s mother, to his sister, until he pays for what he did to ry fingers through his hair and fisted his hands at his nape "Until everything he loves is gone, until he – feels it Then I can let it go I’ll have repaid my debt Then, perhaps…maybe"

"Rafiq?" I’d heard the name before but the importance of that name eluded me Why was he so important? Did he have more say in what happened to me than Caleb?

Caleb’s eyes returned to h his words had not truly been meant for me He was back in control now, the iuard went up The past fewto sell you as a pleasure slave to a man I despise"

A wave of nausea slammed the pit of my stomach and pushed bile into my throat His words hit me in harsh staccato slaps and as each word made contact I flinched

Sell Pleasure Slave

The reality hitto throw up and felt

No more movie references No more fictional characters to relate to This was real It was destiny I was…a thing, a co whore

Caleb was still speaking, but I hardly heard hi and cleared ht? A sex slave?"

Caleb stopped in the ht nod His head was slung low, his hair hung in his eyes This tie to brush it out of his eyes, in fact, it felt like a manipulation His every move was calculated He knew just how to knit his brows to portray sadness How to tumble his perfect hair into his even more beautiful eyes and see to fall for it any and the numbness was left in its wake "And…that day The day we met, that’s why you were there Did you know the assle in the car?"

Caleb’s eyes flashed with anger, and then cooled just as quickly He was too fking good at hiding his emotions Why are you like this? Why the fk do you care Livvie? He’syou swore never to be "Does it reallydoesn’t," I cut in sharply He wished he’d neveretting better and better I was finally going to get out of one worthless existence, to prove to everyone I wasn’t worthless and my scholarship had been my ticket out, and then Caleb happened toto show her she rong about uessing who I was referring to I looked up at hi with your ure out why someone like you would kidnap hts--"

"Thoughts, or fantasies, Kitten?" he broke in softly, his expression still cloaked

"Both, I suppose," I admitted It didn’t matter what I said, not really "I toldhappened to you to make you this way, to make you as fked up as est corners of ht…"

"That you could fix me? What’s more, that I could fix you? Well, sorry pet, I don’t want to be fixed Whatever your little school-girl brain told you aboutThis isn’t a romance You’re not a damsel in distress and I’m not the handsome prince come to save you You ran I went to collect my property End of story

In two years, e After that, I’ll et your freedoo wherever you want To do whatever you want Until then…"

I wanted to cry But crying hadn’t done ood now "Howyour whore, how et paid don’t they?"