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How the hell does he know that?

Another message pops up on the screen.

Unknown number: Do you still want to play? This is the last time I’ll ask. Green or red?

The pressure to answer builds. I grip the phone in my hand, take a deep breath and then reply.

Me: Green.

Unknown number: Good girl. Meet me at the bench an hour after curfew. Put on the blindfold and wait. Let’s find out how brave you really are.

I close the book in front of me, grab my bag and leave the table. There’s no way I’m going to concentrate on anything else now.

I make my way back to my room. The bathroom door is closed when I enter, and I can hear Lacy singing from inside over the sound of running water. I cross to my side of the room, dig out some black sweats and a matching t-shirt, then find the fanny pack at the bottom of the drawer. The mini stun-gun Miles bought me catches my eye and my hand hovers over it. Before I can change my mind, I snatch it up and stuff it in my pocket.

My unknown darer may have coaxed me back into the woods, but I’m not going unarmed this time. Anxiousness prickles my skin. I might be curious, but I’m also angry. A tiny part of me is tempted to leave him out there all alone.

He definitely won’t message me again if I do that. Is that really what I want?

I fold the clothes and hide them under my pillow. I’ll go and see what he has to say, but that doesn’t mean I have to agree to anything.

But what if I want to agree? A traitorous voice whispers in my head.

The heat of their mouths is still on my breasts like an invisible brand. I can’t deny that since that night, I’ve felt different. He’s awakened something within me. Something that hadn’t been there before.

Lust?

Chapter 56

Eli

“I thought you were done with her?” Kellan says after I tell him we’re heading into the woods to meet Arabella again.

“I was.”

“And then she spray-painted a dick on your locker.” He chuckles. “I don’t think that was her way of saying she wanted to play more games, Eli.”

“And yet she does.” I tap the cell phone against my lips.

“So, what’s the plan?”

“Tonight, we set some rules for the game.” I crouch down and drag her diary out from beneath my bed.

“Looking for inspiration?” He comes to sit beside me, and we both look down at the pages. “What about that? That sounds fucking hot.” He points to a paragraph.

“I’m not sucking your dick while she watches.” I flip the page.

“I’ll suck your dick.” He turns the page back. “Look at how horny she is at the idea of watching two guys going at it.”

“Not in this lifetime.”

Kellan sighs. “You’re no fun, Eli. A mouth is a mouth. They all feel the same, no matter who it’s attached to.”

“And yet my answer is still no.” I scan the pages looking for something to jump out at me.

“She really didn’t get the whole stranger danger talk, did she?” Kellan taps the scribbled words spilling across the page. “She really likes the idea of being watched by an unknown someone.”

“And being praised.” I stroke my fingers over the sentence at the bottom of the page.

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