A painless death is already better than she deserves.
But when I bring my hand to her neck, it’s only to stroke it.
“Idon’twant to die now,” she lashes out. “I don’t want to die at all!”
“Hmm.”
“Stop sayinghmm! Are you going to kill me or aren’t you?”
“Well…” I pause in my stroking, and feel her shiver against me. “The truth is… I don’t know, Lia. I just don’t know.”
14
Lia
Smack.
“Wake up time.”
“Ow! Asshole!”
I blink my eyes and look around. I’m still wearing my dress, my hands are still tied to the headboard, and I’ve somehow keeled over into a humiliating, head on the ground, ass in the air position.
And from the way the breeze is tickling my folds, I can tell I’m not wearing underwear, either. He definitely got an eyeful.
I quickly sit up, glaring at Logan, who’s lying down on the bed beside me, eyeing the butt cheek that he’s just slapped. Then he tears his eyes away from it to greet me with a wide, wicked grin. My stomach rumbles when I notice that he’s eating a bagel. I didn’t eat last night. I’m starving.
“Is it really morning?” I mumble. “Did you really leave me like this all night long?”
He shrugs. “I went for a walk and when I came back, you were sleeping.”
“And you couldn’t have untied me at least? You couldn’t have brought me to bed?”
“I don’t know, Lia, could I?” He takes a bite from his bagel.“Are you a helpless baby?”
“Well, according toyou—”
“You looked far too cute anyway, lying like that with your ass in the air,” he says, finishing his bagel and licking his fingers. “I had a nice nap while watching you.”
“Whatever. Asshole. Where’s Aurora?”
“Asleep in the other room with Everest. Don’t worry, she’s fine. I told you she would be.”
Why does he sound upset that I’d think anything else? He didn’t exactly deny last night that he was going to kill me.
“She’s still sleeping? What time is it?”
He looks at his watch. “Hmm… four a.m.”
“What the fuck?” I blink in confusion. “You let me sleep through the evening and you’re waking me up in the middle of the night?”
“It’s morning.”
“Whatever. Untie me, and let me go to bed. Do you have another bagel? I’m starving.”
He stops in front of me, his towering stature suddenly making me feel very small and helpless.
“You sure have a funny way of talking to your future executioner, Lia.”
