Chapter 89

Kent moves around the table, and to my surprise, he takes a key out of his pocket and slides it under the metal table. A mechanism snaps, and I feel a sudden give to my handcuffs as they are

released from the table.

Before I can pull away, Kent grabs the chain between the cuffs, taking control of my actions. He says nothing as he starts moving towards the center of the room, pulling me roughly along with him. When we reach a spot where a short chain is bolted to the floor, with an open padlock at the end, Kent stops.

He slowly brings my manacled hands close to his face, my body pulled close to his. “On your knees, Fay,” he says, firm..

My mouth hangs open in disbelief. Why? I try to speak, to question his demand.

“I said,” he says, his brows knitting cruelly together. “On your

knees.”

Slowly, my earlier courage abandons me, and I begin to sink to my knees as Kent lowers his hand to allow me to do so. I find myself resting there, my knees on the cold cement floor, my arms. stretched above my head, looking up at him with wide eyes.

Kent lowers one knee to the ground, maintaining eye contact with

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  1. me. Then, slowly, he raises the chain from the ground, wrapping it

    my handcuffs and sliding the padlock

    down,

    trapped, and

    up at him

    his

    walk all over you. My father tried that

    maintain this family’s power by being kind,

    logical.”

    hands into his pockets,

    and bends at the waist, bringing his face

    the

    mouth falls open slightly, and I watch

    when you tell

    me, “to trust you, to treat you as someone

    watch him, but my movement is limited, my neck reaching its

    asking me, then, Fay,” he says, taking another

    like a fool.”

    let me. I stare forward, my heartbeat and breath quickening. I

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    his voice very close to

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    a whisper, sending a shiver down my spine

    eyes. In this moment, I feel completely different than I did just minutes ago at the table. Then, I had the

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