Page 34 of The Masks She Wore

?I pressed my lips into a thin line. “See you in the morning, Zo.” I hung up and turned back to the carnival, the lights shutting off for the night. It was time to invoke the Claim.

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I couldn’t stay away.

?I tried, but after watching someguycarry her into the apartment building, Viv on his heels, I couldn’t just leave her up there.

?I needed to make sure he didn’t touch her. I needed to make sure that the only cum dripping from her cunt was mine.

?I used the key I had made for her place and slid in, all the lights off save for a lamp behind the couch.

?I looked around quickly, finding nothing out of place on my way to her room.

?Pushing open the door, I saw her passed-out in her bed, right on top, still wearing her costume, her shoes, the blood.

?That rose-colored duvet was ruined now, but I suppose when your friend is bullshit rich, you can’t find the capacity to care whether she ruined her blankets or not.

?I pulled a small vial out of my bag and grabbed Rae’s jaw, the bruises from my hands and belt already forming around her neck and arms. I wondered if Viv had noticed. I wondered if Rae would be interrogated tomorrow, or if that guy was someone she was too interested in to care about her friend’s wellbeing.

?Whatever the case, I couldn’t find a fuck to give.

?I carefully poured the GHB into her mouth, watching her cough, splattering a bit of it on her chin. That was fine, there was more than enough in there to keep her under for this.

?I tore off my mask and walked into the bathroom, turning on the shower to a warm temperature before returning for her.

?It was easy, getting both of us undressed and in the shower. I washed her thoroughly, my cock painfully hard as I ran the soap over her breasts, her soft stomach, her beautiful curves, her thick thighs.Fuck. It was an effort not to fuck her again especially when I sawhow she reacted even while drugged. She wanted more.

?More of me.

?But all my thoughts were put on the back burner when the blood washed away to reveal something else covering her body.

?Scars.

?Lines everywhere. Light, some barely visible, a few of them darker, puffy. They were scattered across her skin in a pattern I recognized. One that set my teeth on edge.

?When she was clean, her hair braided, I carried her back into the bedroom, stripping her bed of her duvet and placing her on the sheet instead.

?I pulled out my flashlight and started carefully inspecting her body. The scars scattered her skin, some more familiar than others. A thick scar on her left thigh, her right thigh, one on her right side, one on her left hip.

?I turned her over, taking in her back, finding more scars, these ones long, deep.

?I saw red as I stood slowly, a quiet calm washing over me. “Secrets on top of secrets, Princess.” I pushed her onto her back, pulled a blanket from the top of her closet, and tossed it on her before heading for the door, calling Malachi.

?“It’s late.”

?“We’ve got a problem.”

9

Rae

October 29th, 2019

My tongue tasted like cotton, yet I remained in bed for who knew how long. Time didn’t exist in this state of being.

?Satisfied. Horrified. Turned on. Scared.

?What in the actual fuck did I do last night?

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