Total pages in book: 92
Estimated words: 86226 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 431(@200wpm)___ 345(@250wpm)___ 287(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 86226 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 431(@200wpm)___ 345(@250wpm)___ 287(@300wpm)
Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Phoenix smirk. “Oh, you will pay. You will definitely pay.”
When we reach the landing, I try not to focus on the way my ears ring and my vision fades in and out as we go down the long, expansive hallway. My head spins as I try to process what he’s telling me. He was wanting to have sex with me for a different reason than just lust and attraction, and I’m to have his baby. This all seems so normal to him.
Simple.
A sentence issued for my crime.
“You will soon be the mother of my child. But before that day comes, you’ll need guidance, structure, and a firm hand to teach you right from wrong. I don’t want you to be the untrustworthy liar that you are.” Phoenix opens the guest bedroom door and shoves me across the threshold as he follows close behind. “Every single day, I will ask you the same question. Have you been a good girl or a bad girl? I hope you answer correctly.”
Looking around the room, it surprises me to see that it’s completely empty. There is no longer a single piece of furniture, a painting, curtains, or even a rug on the aged hardwood floor. The large, canopied bed mastering the room with lush bedding and pillows is gone. The floor-to-ceiling window draped with heavy velvet curtains is bare. Antique furniture that adorned the room and even the large oriental rug that covered most of the marred wooden floor now missing. The room was lovely, elegant, and welcoming, but no more. What I had is quite the opposite of what the reality currently is.
Bare. Completely bare.
I turn and look at the man who stands by the door watching me examine the room. “Where is the furniture?”
“I had the staff remove it all,” he says.
“Am I to stay in this room?” I’m almost too scared to ask this in fear of what I will hear.
He nods.
“But there is no furniture,” I say softly. Am I to be expected to sleep on the floor? What about my clothing and personal items?
“By doing every single thing I say without protest, you can start earning some items of comfort,” Phoenix explains. “If you argue or put up a fight, I’ll still do what I intended to do, but you will earn a consequence instead. Good girl versus bad girl.”
“What do you intend to do to me?” My voice cracks, and I think I might have to run to the bathroom and throw up.
“Have my baby. Behave,” Phoenix answers.
“And do I just stay in this room until the baby comes?”
Phoenix takes a step toward me. “Until you earn the comfort of exiting the room.” He reaches into a leather holder on his belt and pulls out a knife I haven’t seen before.
Did he bring it from the attic with the intent to use it on me?
The blade’s silver glimmers beneath the light cast by a small chandelier. “But it’s time we begin.” He takes another menacing step toward me as my heart stops. “Remove all your clothing.”
His command is accented by the heavy step of Phoenix circling to my left, as if I need a reminder of what will come if I say no.
I reach for the top button of my blouse and slowly unbutton it. “Am I to be a whore to you whenever you want?” I stare him directly in the eyes. “So, I have to fuck you at your beck and call? Is that what I’m understanding?”
Phoenix closes the distance between us and places the knife at the side of my neck, right below my earlobe. “Fucking you would give you pleasure. And the last thing I plan on doing to you right now is giving you pleasure.” He runs the knife along my collarbone and down until it reaches my fingertips holding the button of my blouse. He then forces the blade between the button and the fabric and starts plucking the buttons right off, disrobing me his way.
I remain perfectly still. The knife’s so close to my flesh that I worry the slightest move will have it slicing my skin instead of the blouse.
“I’ll put my seed in you many times. Over and over until the swell on your belly is evident,” Phoenix says as he uses the knife to cut through the thin band connecting my bra between my breasts.
He pauses and looks me directly in the eyes as the cool air kisses my now exposed nipples. Phoenix takes hold of the fabric and rips the bra off me.
Phoenix steps back. “Now, remove the rest of your clothes and stand naked before me. I will give you the first opportunity to earn an item of comfort.” When I don’t move right away, he raises one eyebrow. “You’ll be naked standing before me one way or the other. I’m giving you the opportunity to at least earn some comfort for the act. Your choice. Good girl or bad girl?” Phoenix crosses his arms against his chest, awaiting my answer.