Page 80 of Perilous

Fuck!

I try to shake my head. Lying to Peri isn’t an option.

He reaches behind himself and shows me a knife. A familiar knife at that.

“Peri,” I whisper.

He places the tip of the knife at the middle of my chest. He slides the knife down, moving slow and not cutting skin, but I can feel the ultra-sharp blade, sensing it’s hungry to slice me open.

“What’s on your mind, Annika?”

The knife moves down to my belly button. There’s a quick sting of pain and I look down to see the knife has bitten the top of my belly button. Blood mixes with the shower water, rushing down.

“You never finish inside of me,” I say as calm as I can.

The thought in my head felt much stronger than when I spoke it.

Did I want Peri to finish inside me?

To be fair, I’ve been sort of kidnapped… then claimed… do I need someone like this coming inside me…?

Or maybe he’s not sure of my birth control situation and he’s just—

“You want my cum dripping out of your cunt? Is that your big wish and fantasy, doll?”

His voice is deep and smeared with anger.

“I was just… asking…”

Peri touches my jaw, gently squeezing, reminding me of his strength. One good application of pressure from his strong grip and my jaw will snap into pieces.

“You’re protected now, doll. The one who wants you dead can no longer kill you. And you will not be returned to your father. You are mine. You are safe. I’ll take you back to your apartment when you’re done showering.”

Peri bypasses the conversation of him coming inside me. He closes the shower door but he doesn’t exit the bathroom. He stands there.

I shower. I’m shaking with fear and being turned on.

And I catch myself smiling.

* * *

Peri is now gone.

We came to my apartment together and I did not have to wear sunglasses and have an oversized hoodie with the hood pull up, hiding like I was some kind of celebrity.

The one who wants you dead can no longer kill you.

Those words send chills throughout my entire body. It makes me so uneasy to think that someone out there wants me dead. And now theycan’tkill me because of Peri?

What does that even mean? How can he be so sure of that? Should I even be alone right now?

I start to feel very uneasy so I text Molly. She doesn’t respond. I text her again. She finally responds with a peach emoji and an eggplant emoji.

I smirk.

“Been there, done that,” I whisper as heat floods my cheeks.

So I guess Molly is busy getting her backdoor worked on.

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