Page 67 of Ever Dark

My throat burns. Fuck, how much did I drink last night? My eyelids are so heavy. I blink a few times, but everything is fuzzy. I reach for my covers, but I can’t find them. Cold metal presses against my skin. I must be dreaming, but I’m not with Nox. Where am I? I need to wake up. Fuck.

My head is pounding. Something feels cool against my cheek. I can barely lift my head.

“Wake up, sleepy head.”

Aries?

He was in my bed. I fucked him last night after I fucked Bones. Ugh. I need serious help. I blink again and try to wipe the sleep from my eyes, but my wrists are pinned. Oh, no. My adrenaline spikes as my surroundings come into view.

Panic fills me with dread.

I’m in a fucking cage. Naked. “Aries,” I rasp, my voice hoarse.

I look up to see my wrists shackled tothe bars.

“Shhh, no one can hear you.” He’s dressed in nothing but a pair of gray sweatpants.

“Aries, what are you doing? You have to let me go.” This can’t be happening.

He smiles like the devil. “I’m not letting you out until you give us what we want. Your hands stay shackled until you’re ready to sign. And you’re mine to do whatever I want with.”

Chills sweep my body. I knew he was sadistic but not like this. I look around the room and my stomach knots. It’s a sex dungeon. “Please, be rational. This isn’t the way.”

He opens the cage door and slips inside, pressing his body against mine. “I am so fucking excited you like to play hard to get.”

I try to raise a knee between his legs only to find that my ankles are shackled as well. “You sick bastard.”

“I warned you, little lamb. You brought this on yourself. But I think you’re going to have fun too.” He slides his hand in between my thighs. “Let’s get you wet for my toys.”

I suck in a deep breath as he scissors two fingers in my pussy. “You’re a monster.”

He smirks as my juices leak out. “Thatta girl. Nice and wet.” He shoves his finger deep inside my pussy and stills it. “I’m going to play with you all night.” He takes one of my nipples between his teeth and sucks while he thrusts another finger inside my core.

“Open wider for me.”

“Fuck you.”

He nudges my leg, and that’s when I notice the bar between them. Fuck. It slides out and locks, forcing me to hold this stance. “You will obey.” He pulls me forward so I’m sitting on his hand.

“Damn you.” The movement shatters me, and I cum on his fingers.

“Good girl.” He exits the cage and locks it.

“Aries, please. You can’t keep me like this forever.”

He holds up his phone. “You’ve been a naughty girl, Mia.”

He presses play on the screen and my mouth drops open. It’s me playing with myself in front of Bones in the infirmary. “He filmed me?” I’m fucking livid.

Aries laughs. “I think you’ve gotten a little too comfortable in our town. You forget that we are in control, not you.” He pushes play again.

“Stop. Turn it the fuck off,” I growl.

“But it’s my new favorite show. Should we make another one?” His eyes glow in the poorly lit dungeon. And when I say dungeon, I don’t mean the kind you see in fantasy movies about dragons and knights. No. This is a room with red lighting, velvet furniture, and contraptions that look like torture devices.

I take a deep breath and count to ten. “If you don’t let me go, I will make you regret it.”

He hisses. “Why are you so hellbent on keeping that property? We aren’t stealing it. Draven has made you an offer that will keep your family line rich until the end of time. You don’t even remember this town. Why would you want to be in a place that didn’t want you?”

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