July 5th
6th, 2022
A sharp pain erupted across my ribs, and I cried out, jerkingawake, my eyes flashing open.
I was met with a smile, the warmth of the blood dripping down my side as I panted through my teeth at the bitch before me.
Lillian was holding some sort of short whip. It had sliced right through me, and I was so cold that I was grateful for it.Gratefulfor the warmth of my own blood. I was so cold that I couldn’t feel my nose. The blood was a welcome gift.
“Hey,” she sang.
Had she changed clothes?
No, no, it had only been a few hours. I was fine. I could handle this. I would handle it.
She cocked her head to one side, her smile bright. “You know, I’m a girl’s girl. Pure and simple. I feel that we could have been such good friends had we met in any other circumstance. We’d have gossiped about boys, maybe even had a slumber party.”
I grimaced, angry and exhausted. “Slumber parties are for children.”
“And grown women who love to drink,” she cheesed. “I know you love to drink, Olivia, I’ve seen it.”
My brows furrowed for half a second before I smoothed my face over. She was lying. Why was she lying? “You forget that when we first met, I didn’t know who you were,” I told her. “I hated you from the start, why else would I lie about The Club?”
Her smile fell, her eyes turning to ice. “You were obviously protecting your boytoy. I don’t know why at that point, since he was basically raping you any chance he got.”
I gave her the most hate-filled look I could manage. “Just because you wanted what you could never have doesn’t mean it was rape when it came to me. I fucking begged him for it. I was there in the park that daywaitingfor him to come and take what was his. Don’t mistake my willingness for victimization. I amnota victim.”
She flicked that whip so fast, I didn’t even know what happened until the sharp pain exploded in my left side again.
“Fuck,” I snarled through my teeth, breathing labored. God, thatfuckinghurt.
She stepped up to me, her eyes flaming. “If I wanted to fuck him, I would havefucked him. He has no idea who I am, little missfuckingwhore. One good look at me and he would have begged me for a taste.”
I couldn’t help the smile that stretched across my face, my parched lips cracking, the taste of copper spreading across my tongue. “Then how about you go out there, hunt him down, be a good little thirsty bitch and get on your knees for him. It’s the only way he’ll take it from you if he even wants it at all.”
“Is that what you did, huh?” she asked venomously. “Did you get on your knees and beg him for it?”
“I didn’t have too.Hehuntedme.”
She snarled, took several steps back, and flicked that whip out again.
I cried out, my entire body jerking with every quick strike of that whip.
They were small slashes, but they burned like a motherfucker every time they hit. Over and over again, quick and sharp.
The door flung open on the 9thstrike. “Lillian!” Isaak ordered.
She stepped back, panting, her wild eyes on mine, her hair coming out of its perfect braid. “She was testing me, daddy. She didn’t give me a choice.”
“She’s in chains,” he reminded her, walking over and snatching the whip out of her hand. “And you’re supposed to be acting like the lady I raised you to be.”
I grunted, my body on fire, blood dripping down my ribs, hips, my legs. God, I wanted to scream. I needed to scream, but I could handle it. I could handle it. I was fine.
I would be fine.
“Go get a drink of water. Now. Send Phil down.”
She shot another glare at me before storming off towards the door, slamming it behind her.
