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

    the links of my handcuffs and sliding the padlock closed,

    circle. I look down, realizing that I am

    trapped, and

    him as he

    world, Fay,” Kent says, his voice even and low,

    you let people walk all over you. My

    power by being kind, and

    logical.”

    into his pockets, his most

    the waist, bringing his face close to

    the time

    open slightly, and I watch

    in his pockets. “So when you tell me,” he continues,

    trust you, to treat you as someone I trust,

    turn my head to watch him, but my movement is limited, my

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

    like a fool.”

    forward, my heartbeat and breath quickening. I can’t see him, don’t know where he is.

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    I hear his voice very close to

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    sending a shiver down my spine as

    I whisper, closing my 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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