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He just touches me. Like he has the right to do so. Like I belong to him.
“Hello, Nora,”
He means to cause me pain.
He smiles at me, and there’s something disturbing in the beauty of that smile.
Julian has won. I know that my life will never be my own again.
I’m not going to be one of those girls who falls in love with their kidnapper. I refuse to be.
All I can feel is him:
“Do you want me to hurt you?” His voice is soft, almost hypnotic.
“Such a curious little kitten…”
“You want me, don’t you?”
Despite my fear, I desire him.
“Life is nothing more than a fucked-up roulette,”
Now I am truly his, and he knows it.
freedom means leaving Julian, and I can’t bring myself to do that.
would sooner die than lose him.
Somehow both of my parents can sense the truth—that I’m far more traumatized by my rescue than by my abduction.
I ache with the need to be taken and used, hurt and possessed. I long for Julian—the man who awakened this side of me.
I dream of him… and wake up wet and throbbing, my body empty and aching for his possession.
“Miss me, my pet?”
“Would that have helped?” “No. I would’ve found you anywhere.”
Love. It’s not the sweet, tender kind of love I always dreamed of, but it’s love. Dark, twisted, and obsessive, it’s both a compulsion and an addiction. I know the world will condemn me for my choices, but I need Julian as much as he needs me.
For the first time in months, I feel like I’m home.
