Page 78 of Craving Danger

Samantha

As Todd climbs onto the bed, I’m unable to move a muscle or make a sound.

It feels like I’m a prisoner in my own body, and it makes me feel claustrophobic as panic and fear bleed through me.

There’s a sticky substance between my legs, and it has my stomach churning because I know what it means.

Todd had sex with me while I was unconscious.

He raped me.

My heartbeat speeds up as my mind races, putting all the puzzle pieces together.

For how long has he been drugging me? Since that first morning I woke up feeling like a bus ran me over?

I thought I was losing my mind.

I feel him crawl over my body again, and it makes every fiber of my being fill with disgust.

How many times has he raped me?

His hands roam over my breasts and down my side, then suddenly, I feel a sharp pain as something cuts into my skin.

Oh God. Stop!

“If you weren’t so stubborn, I wouldn’t be forced to brand you,” he whispers. “Don’t worry. I’m going to carve your name over my ribs, as well.”

No!

The pain increases with every cut, and my heartbeat speeds up until it’s nothing but a terrifying flutter in my chest.

When he’s done and my side is on fire, I feel his tongue swipe over my skin to lick up my blood.

“Mmm…you taste so good.”

Jesus. He’s deranged.

While my mind reels from the nightmare I’m in, intense fear coats my skin because I don’t know what he’s going to do next.

Todd settles over my body, and I feel his erection between my legs, which makes my stomach roll violently while my soul cringes back from the disgust and degradation I’m forced to endure.

When he shoves himself inside me, it feels as if my soul is trying to detach itself from my body.

He lets out a groan. ‘Do you feel how good we fit together, Sam?’

I’m overcome with anger, hatred, and a broken feeling that keeps growing until it’s a gaping hole that sucks my mind into a world of darkness.

My body feels every thrust.

My lungs breathe.

My heart beats.

My mind is consumed by the depravity that’s being inflicted on me.

He thrusts into me again, and my mind screams for him to stop. Another tear escapes from the corner of my eye and disappears into my hair.

‘I’ll never let you leave me. If you try, I’ll kill us both.’

---