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Only in the darkest recesses of one’s mind would they ever find true freedom. To push the limits of what they were capable of, to have their character revealed when there were no restraints to restrict the desires within—that was what defined who they were. But where there was a perpetrator, there was a victim. The actions and trials of both were not without consequence. To know fear in its purest form was to live, and life was the greatest gift we were bestowed.
“You ask all these questions, yet you’re afraid of the wrong people. Don’t fear your Master, slave. Fear the devil at your back. Fear the reflection you can’t see staring back at you in the mirror. I’m everywhere. I see your every move. I’ve seen…for years. When and what I want of you, I will take. Fuck everyone. Let them try to get in my way. You belong to me when I decide the time is right. For your sake, you better hope that day never comes.”
True to his word, I became ruined for anyone else. I wasn’t a slave in our moment. I was his.
“I am no slave. Not to any Master who buys me, and sure as hell not to you. The moment the winning bidder takes me is the moment I flip the roles. You can doubt me all you want, but I will not kneel to any man a moment longer. Let them beat me. Let them kill me. I will go down as Everleigh Davenport, and no one will take that away from me. Don’t believe me?” She closed the distance between us. “Have me whipped. See if I break.”
Whitlock would once again reign supreme for the men who wanted to pay a fortune for their sins.
“You’ll what? What could you do that you haven’t already done? Kill me? Do you think I’m afraid of death? Death and I are secret lovers. We take turns fucking each other every chance we get. Today, it’s my turn to be on top.”
“Fuck! God. God!” “There’s no God in Whitlock. Only the devil, and this one is of your creation.
There is no hope when you’ve been cast this far into hell.” “You’re wrong. I see it. I see you.” “I’m nothing.” “Not yet, but you will be.”
Even death held allure when temptation mingled with attraction.
I’m not afraid to leave this place. But you…you are. I saw your fear, Husband. I saw what you look like when the devil knocks at your door. How does it feel knowing the one you love is the same person who’s going to rob you of your last breath?”
I’ll take the coldness of a blade before I let you brand yourself completely onto my heart. You had no right to begin with. It was never yours.”
