Ethan threw himself over the bed, knocking off pillows and bumping into me.
 
 I went flying as my balance turned into bubbles, and I popped into nothing.
 
 “Fuck it. You don’t get a choice anymore.” Wrapping his arms around me, he picked me up and tossed me onto the bed.
 
 I fought for the edge.
 
 I kicked as he landed over me.
 
 I screamed as his knees imprisoned my waist and his hands grabbed my wrists.
 
 I groaned as the room went black.
 
 I clawed at my consciousness to stay sane, but sanity slipped through my fingers. Like water. Like air.
 
 I blinked, and the moment had changed.
 
 How many moments have passed?
 
 My wrists were tightly bound.
 
 I tried to bring my arms down.
 
 Rip-roaring panic as they refused.
 
 I looked above my head at the belt wrapped around my wrists and looped around the wrought-iron headboard.
 
 I screamed.
 
 Fuck, I screamed.
 
 He didn’t even try to stop me.
 
 He let me scream until I gasped for breath and passed in and out of awareness.
 
 Pockets of moments. Snippets of heartbeats. I was here and there. This world and another. I was sick and horrified. Cold and terrified.
 
 Aslan!
 
 ASLAN!
 
 “Easy there. Don’t give yourself a heart attack.” Ethan shifted off me, his hands once again going to his jeans. This time, he unbuttoned and unzipped, and with a smirk, shoved down his jeans and boxers to mid-thigh.
 
 “Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you!” I snarled.
 
 “I think you’ll find I’ll be fucking you.” He laughed as his cock sprang out, thick and hard.
 
 I screamed so hard, I passed out for a moment.
 
 I came to with his palm tapping my cheek and my dress shoved up to my stomach.
 
 Something broke inside me as I noticed he’d removed my white cotton knickers.
 
 He spun them around his finger. “You gonna stay awake for this or fall asleep? Either way is fine with me. I still get to fuck ya.” Reaching into his jeans pocket, he pulled out a condom.
 
 My heart smoked, blazed; it burned me into cinders.
 
 “Zara!” I screeched. “Zara. ZARA!”