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“I’m not sure what to say about that,” Corbin admits. “I want to be angry at him.”

“He didn’t hurt me. At all,” I say. “He was very gentle with me… well…”

“Yeah. Yeah. We got it,” Corbin laughs, making me smile. “Go on.”

“After, I freaked out because I knew it meant he had to leave and someone else would come in. He promised me he would get me out of there. He helped me meditate for a while until it was time for him to leave,” I explain. “He went to leave, but… Doug and Richard came in. I knew right away when Richard untied me, and I saw Doug was behind Hux… I knew he was going to hurt him… They had him say how many times I had an orgasm. Whenthey made me answer, the answers were different. My number was higher than his, so they said that he owed God an orgasm.”

“Poor guy…” Roman says. “This whole situation is humiliating for both of you, I’m sure.”

“Yeah. They made both of us bend over the table so that we were facing each other. They said with us holding hands that Doug and Huxley’s pleasure could go through me and to God,” I explain. “They put this like… automated sucking thing on him and something similar on me. Doug was basically preaching to Richard, telling him that this is what we wanted and that he was doing God’s work or some bullshit. It was all really icky. Eventually the stupid torture devices were turned on. Doug told Richard that he needed to be gentle and wait until our bodies invited them in. I made the mistake of looking up and… Doug was doing the same thing to him that Richard was doing to me… Huxley had his head resting on my hands, and we just focused on each other. He had warned me that I needed to keep my mouth shut because Doug would whip me with a metal cable and then dump alcohol on the cuts… so I kept my mouth shut the best I could. Although he did have to remind me once to shut the fuck up… they did inject their dick with something… I assume it was so they would last longer… Then they raped us. They were violent and stayed basically in perfect rhythm with each other. We just matched each other’s breathing and tried to stay calm. When they were getting close to finishing, they decided we were not connected enough, so they had Huxley hug me. He did not hesitate to comfort me, but they made us kiss at the end. But after they finished raping us… I uh… That sucking thing had collected…”

“Oh… I’m gonna throw up if you say what I think you’re about to say,” Ben says.

“Ben and Doug held me down and… uh… They made him pour it down my throat. He was nearly sobbing when he did it. I tried not to fight him because I knew it would just make him feel bad. He eventually had to hold my head still, but he didn’t really have to make me, he just put his hand on my forehead, and I chilled out… I managed to do it, but it was… overwhelming. Afterwards, they just dragged him out of the room and told me someone else would come in. The next guy came in almost immediately, and I was just so numb that when he put me over the table, I just laid there… Huxley promised me he would come back for me… For the next seventy-two hours, I counted forty-nine men that came in there, including Doug. Huxley made fifty, but I’m not counting that as a part of me being raped. He didn’t hurt me, nor did he want to be there. He offered me a break from all of that, and he is probably the only reason I’m relatively sane right now. After the offering was done on Monday morning, I sat in there all day by myself, tied to the table. Huxley came in and untied me. He told me that my boss had scared Doug. They had plans of forcing me to legally marry Doug Tuesday morning, and then they were going to move everyone underground. He told me to kill Walker, who is Doug’s second in command. Was, I don’t think he survived that… actually. He said that I needed to be selfish and get the fuck away from there, but he would try to get free. He gave me the knife and left. Walker came in, and I got an attitude with him so that he would get in my face. He leaned down to be at eye level, and I just… cut his throat. That’s how I got blood all over me… I left the room and ended up climbing out of the window because I could hear voices downstairs… I knew where I was, and I knew Roman’s house was close, so I just ranuntil I found the main road but stayed in the woods until I got here. Now I’m naked in water filled with blood and come.”

“Fuck, Riah,” Roman says. “I don’t know what to say.”

I realize that I am mostly clean now. Roman never stopped washing my body as I talked, and it offered a welcome distraction. “Huxley said that they would be looking for me. I think that’s because they never intended for me to escape. I know so much about who they are and what they do… He said I needed to find you guys and never be alone, or they would take me again.”

“Yeah. You are not going to be alone,” Roman says matter-of-factly.

“I think Roman is going to steal you from us,” Corbin laughs.

“I just don’t want to go back to my apartment. Haley has a key,” I say.

“We are going to get rid of everything and get you all new stuff,” Corbin says. “I don’t trust a single item in there after Ben found a bug in one of your lights. It was an audio bug.”

“Yeah… fuck that,” I say.

“I want you to stay here with Roman,” Dad says. “His house is the most secure, and we know he will take care of you.”

“Are you sure?” I ask Roman.

“Yes,” he says. “If you are not with me, you will be with one of them.”

“I know he is your friend and also standing right there, but I only know Ben professionally,” I say.

“I promise you, if Ben ever does anything inappropriate, I’ll kill him,” Roman smiles. “He’s a good man. Annoying, but good.”

“See, if you are alone with me, I will just tell you all the things he says about you,” Ben says with a grin but promptly earns a glare from Roman. Interesting.

“Sold,” I smile.

“We can avoid you being alone with me until I’ve earned your trust,” Ben says gently.

“Thank you. Please don’t think I assume you would hurt me,” I say. “I just… it was a lot of men that…”

“Everyone handles trauma differently,” Ben says. “Some would not be able to function after what you went through, while some can go on like nothing ever happened. Some have triggers, some don’t. You cope whatever way is easiest.”

“I’m going to stand you up so I can finish cleaning you,” Roman says. “I think we’ve reached the limit of this water.”

“Yeah. It’s gross,” I say. “So, the part I haven’t said yet is I wasn’t allowed to clean up. At all. For any reason… so…”

“That’s…” Corbin starts.

“Inhumane,” Dad says, and the others nod.

“Want them to leave?” Roman asks me.

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