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

    handcuffs

    down,

    and at his mercy.

    him

    this world, Fay,” Kent says, his voice even

    all over you. My father tried that

    to maintain this family’s power by being kind, and

    logical.”

    his hands into his pockets, his

    waist, bringing his face close to mine.

    the

    open slightly, and I watch as his hands

    in his pockets. “So when you tell

    treat you as someone I

    movement is

    then, Fay,” he says, taking another step, “to act

    like a fool.”

    heartbeat and breath quickening. I can’t see him, don’t know where he is. I listen intently, needing to know. Startled, I jump

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    his voice very close to

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    think I’m a fool, Fay?” his voice is a whisper, sending a shiver down my spine

    at the table. Then, I

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