“What am I?”I asked.“What do you want with me?Why am I here?Are you going to kill me?Torture me?Is this all a game to you?Do you have any idea what you’re doing?”
The last part came out a little screechy, and I had no intention of that.I take a deep breath, and it doesn’t help.The air costs me nothing.At least, this time.
“Do you think I like this?”he asked.
This made me turn to look at him.Okay, now I am shocked.He’s glaring at me in the corner.There is no real joy on his face.He just looks angry.
“Trust me, Maeve, this entire situation is less than ideal.I didn’t want it, but my father’s payment passed to me.So, I get to keep you.Now, if you would like to be fed, I suggest you stop judging me, or perhaps you’d like me to turn this car around and leave you amongst the wolves.There were some real sick people there, and trust me, they’re not good people.Some of the women and men you met tonight will not even make it past the weekend.”
Okay, this surprised me.
“What happened to your father?”I found myself asking.Why?I had no idea.
“He died a few months ago, and seeing as debts need to be paid, I came to collect.You should be thankful I did.”
“I don’t even know your name,” I said.
“And?”
“You know mine?”I asked.
“Of course.You’re Maeve Taylor.Twenty-one years old, and a pain in the ass, who has done everything she could to try and get out of this.Don’t get me wrong, I get it, but you also left out one little detail.”
This made me frown.
“What?”
“You’re still a virgin,” he said.
“And I still don’t know your name.”
“For now, let’s keep it that way.”
I wanted to tell him not to, but we arrived at the drive-thru.For a split-second, I wondered what it would be like to scream for help.To break the mold, to just try to survive.
“If you scream, everyone who hears you will have to die,” he said.“Do you really want to be responsible for killing several people?”
No, I didn’t, but the saddest truth was I would not admit it to him.I wasn’t going to shout.First, what was the point, and second, I wanted to know what was going to happen.What kind of sick and twisted shit was that?
I’m not a morbid person.I don’t pray for death.I don’t hunger for it.It’s not part of who I am, and yet, in that moment, I just wanted this to end.I didn’t even know if I wanted it to be final.For him to just have his fun and kill me.It would probably be easier, only I also didn’t want that at the same time.
I was so confused.
The food was ordered and I watched from the back of the car as the driver paid the kid behind the window, took our food, and pulled out.Seconds later the panel was slid open, and whoever my owner was grabbed the food.Within seconds, I had a burger, fries, and even a chocolate milkshake in my hands.No questions asked.The food smelled good.And with one bite, I felt like I was in heaven.
There was no way I was going to take food from those people.I’d seen too many horror movies where women were drugged and ended up in hell.I knew that could still happen, but I was starving.
From the moment I had been handed over, there had been no food, no comfort, just the cold, hard reality that my past life was gone.
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Draven
I didn’t have to be nice.
There was no rule stating what I had to do or how I had to be.Maeve didn’t own me.If I wanted, I could take her around the back of my house or anywhere in my home, point a gun to her head, and shoot her.All of this would be over.I could fuck her, but the truth was, I’m not a man who is keen on rape.
So, after we stopped for food, we took the three-hour drive back to my country estate, and from there, I gave her the warning.If she tried to escape, it would not go well for her.I gave her the rules.Nowhere on my property was off limits.She could explore wherever she wanted.But she was not allowed to leave the confines of my home.I would consider that breaking the rules.
