Tangled

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159 Lisa: Enthralled (III) My thigh burns.

It's an odd ache between desire and pain. I itch, rub, and scratch, but those two perfect, circular punctures remain in the skin, though no blood seeps out..

It took so long for the desire he'd forced into me to dissipate, leaving my body feeling more like me again. The power he has to overcome my natural revulsion is terrifying, and I spend way too much time dream Though, he didn't seem to have much interest in the actual sex aspect, outside of... how did he say it?

Oh, yeah.

Flavoring.

The word makes me shudder. He's going to drain me of every drop of blood one day.

And no matter how long I sit here, I have no ideas on how to fight.

back.

What would Ava do in this situation? I can't believe she would sit here and let it happen to her. She'd fight back somehow, right? But...

Ava isn't exactly human, either.

Maybe once, but not anymore.

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Shivering in the cold, I roll carefully to my other side, using my clothing scraps as a barrier between my skin and stone.

I can't wear them. May as well lay on them.

My body aches in ways I never thought possible. The frigid temperature of the floor seeps through my bones, an insidious chill that refuses to abate no matter how tightly I curl in on myself. Manacles chafe against my wrists and

ankles. I tug at them with at weak yank every so often, knowing it's futile but unable to resist. The metal is unyielding, the chains too strong for my human strength to break. But I can't give up. I won't.

I have to hold on to hope, to the belief that I'll make it out of here. somehow.

But how?

summon every scrap of knowledge I have. about vampires. It's not much, just bits and pieces

none of them really agree

not super

mentioned how they're cold, either.

over my skin like the

after he'd taken what he wanted... he was

human.

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shivering and weak in the aftermath? It makes a twisted sort of sense, a parasitic existence that feeds

there's a way to use it against him. If 1 can make myself too cold to

No. That's stupid.

die from

not entirely certain I won't die

clanking with every movement. My muscles scream in protest, but I grit my

it just pain from laying on the stone floor for-how

can't do much, not with my limbs bound as they are. But I can move. My body stretches, twists, and

things get a

everything to my shortened range of motion, focusing on stretching and using my body

159 Lisa Enthralled (III)

Stay strong.

Stay focused.

back if I just give

is a little deeper,

these chains.

this dismal place. Any small victory over my circumstances fuels my determination

the trance, every muscle in my body tensing. The hairs on the back of my neck. prickle as dread washes over me

farthest corner as the echoing footsteps grow louder. My mind races, desperately grasping for anything I can use as a weapon, a means of defense this time. I will not be a helpless The stale air shifts, carrying a new scent that makes

An acrid tang underlies the ever-present

chemical.

stone wall groans and slides open, scraping against the

It's not the vampire.

Thank God.

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159 Lisa Enthralled (III)

with the dreary confines of this place. Short, feathery brown hair frames a face that would be pretty were it not for the sickly, translucent pallor of