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With a small sigh, she stripped the wet sports bra and panties from her body, plopping them unceremoniously onto the stall floor without a second thought. Glancing around, she found a green bar of soap hanging from a rope attached to the temperature dial. Lifting the bar from the metal handle, she brought the oddly familiar soap to her nose and gave it a whiff.Instantly, the smell of fresh pine took her back to her own shower in her modest apartment. Weeks ago, she had found the exact same soap hanging from her shower head. At the time she had just assumed it was Leo’s. Now however, she knew who had really put it there.

Kade wasn’t lying. He really had been in her apartment. It was a sickening realization that made her blood run to ice.

“Son of a bitch,” she spat under her breath, quickly putting the soap back on the temperature dial. “You’re fucked. Absolutelyfucked!”

Hearing his heavy footsteps, she turned her green eyes towards the door and plastered on a forced smile. Reminding herself that it was important that her captor believe she was completely enamored, she posed her body wantonly under the running water. She couldn’t let him know how truly disgusted she was.

“I’m back, Sweetheart,” Kade announced loudly, newly dried and wearing a pair of low-slung black flannel pants. Carrying a gray fluffy towel and red silk nighty in his arms. “I’m sorry but you need to turn the water off, now. We must conserve it, my lo—”

Stopping himself from completing his sentence, his brown eyes zeroed in on her naked body. Raking his intense gaze from head to toe, he unabashedly took his fill of her perfect form. It wasn’t the first time he had seen her naked, but there was something about the way she was standing beneath the shower stream that made his mouth water and his cock spring back to life.

God, how he wanted her.

Following his request, Lexi pressed her hand against the metal lever and turned off the water. “Oh, yeah, sure. Hey, Kade? Do you think I could have another shower tomorrow? Please?”

Walking towards her, he shrugged his broad shoulders. Urging her out of the stall with a flick of his hand, he fought the urge to drop everything and take her into his arms. He would gladly let her run his water reserve dry. But she needed to learn the important lesson that her actions had consequences before he agreed to any requests.

“That all depends on you, Sweetheart. Can you behave?”

Stepping from the shower, she took in a deep breath and reached for the terrycloth towel. Taking it in hand, she began the process of methodically drying her cooling skin, all while boring a hole in her abductor’s handsome face with her eyes.

“I’ll be a good girl,” she promised, her voice taking on a tone of thinly veiled innocence.

Biting into the soft flesh of his cheek, Kade mulled over a reply. He wanted to believe her, but this wasn’t the first time he had heard that phrase slipping from her pouty lips. Simply offering a nod, he took the towel away and handed her the skimpy nighty in its place.

“It’s almost time for bed, Sweetheart. You’ll be sleeping with me tonight,” he said, his eyes taking on a lust filled glow. “Let’s see howgoodyou can be, huh?”

Lexi gasped, her mouth falling open in genuine surprise. Since her escape attempt, she had been forced to sleep on the hard floor of the padded room without the comfort of a pillow or blanket. For three long nights, she had tossed and turned, her body unable to relax on the cold rubber slab. Her captor had justdangled the most delicious carrot in front of her nose. If she had to sleep with a monster in order to enjoy the comfort of a real bed, then so be it. It was a small price to pay to keep her body in fighting condition.

“I promise,” she said softly before slipping the crimson silk negligee over her head.

With a wicked grin, he waited patiently as she finished putting on the nighty. Taking her hand, he pulled her flush against his muscular body. He knew she would look delicious wearing the skimpy lingerie. None of the others could pull it off, they all looked wrong in the low-cut negligee. It was just another sign for him that she was perfect for him.

“This is your warning, don’t fight me tonight,” he purred, effortlessly picking her up off the floor like a groom cradling his new bride.

Swallowing hard, she wrapped her arms around her captor’s neck and gave a small smile in return. No, she wouldn’t fight him tonight. She would use this golden opportunity to regain her strength, boost her confidence, and play him like a fucking fiddle.

“I won’t,” she said, snuggling like a kitten in his embrace.

Holding her tightly against his torso, he walked from the bathroom out into the dark hallway. Keeping his greedy eyes on her sweet face, he couldn’t help but smirk. There was an excitement dancing over her features that he couldn’t resist staring at. It was clear that she was just as eager to crawl into bed with him as he was with her. Finally, things were falling into place.

Just as he knew they would.

Stepping to the second door on the left, Kade crossed over the opened threshold of his room. Quickly clearing the space to his queen-sized bed tucked into the far corner, he gently placed her down on the mattress. Bending over her, he pressed a loving kiss upon her damp forehead. She looked exactly how he imagined she would be lying on his bed. For a moment, he thought about pinching himself to make sure this wasn’t a dream.

Humming softly as he crawled onto the plush bed beside her, Lexi scooted closer to the beige wall to give his large body some space. Trying not to look conspicuous, she glanced around the room to gain her bearings. Turning back at her captor every so often with faux adoration, to not trigger his suspicion.

On her second pass, she noticed a small TV flanking the wall. Plastered on the flat screen were surveillance images from what she gathered were all the other rooms within the complex. Three of which she recognized, the fourth she had never seen. It was filled with wicked looking contraptions, some of which she recognized from a few BDSM websites she had visited once or twice. She halfway hoped to never be taken there.

Dropping her eyeline beneath the TV, Lexi blinked in confusion. Catching her attention were six golden hooks nailed into the uneven plastered wall, a single necklace hanging from each. Above every hook clung a yellow sticky note with a different name scribbled in black ink. Sensing something sinister to the display, she allowed herself a scant moment to focus on each sloppily written name and necklace.

Nora.A long golden necklace with a shiny, rhinestone studded star.

Elena.A delicate rose gold necklace with an ornamental letter “E.”

Mackenzie.A double tiered chain with a black onyx circle hanging from each.

Veronica.A white gold chain with a diamond heart pendant.

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