I don’t usually post teasers on my blog, but I think this one deserves a place on the fridge. Enjoy.
Darren
The soft sound of steady, rhythmic breathing cascaded across my skin, flowing gently into my ears like a delicate sonata. It pained me to admit that such a sweet sound could calm my undying rage. A remedy to swiftly lull me into a sense of tranquility unmatched by any others. But it was only due to the source of that sound.
Warmth filled my chest as I stared down through the bars of the metal cage that contained my most prized possession. The pale skin of her naked body contrasted so beautifully with the purple bruises marking her under my brutal touch. Her chest slowly rose and fell, drawing my eyes to her hardened nipples that had peaked out from behind her slender arms. She’d been clutching her chest all night to keep herself warm, but eventually she learned to sleep through the shivers I purposely plagued her with. My beautiful, adaptable little soldier.
Glossy strands of red hair had fallen over her angelic face, only poorly shielding her from my gaze. I suddenly had an urge to run my fingers through it, relishing the softness before wrapping it tightly around my hand like a leash.
And she’d love me for it. Because that was who she was now. My toy. My doll. My little puppet. Just waiting for me to play with her.
In a matter of weeks, I’d successfully managed to reduce Jaden to nothing more than a sweet little pet.
It took patience, time, and so much discipline, but eventually everybody breaks. Even the strongest of us. I’d warned her of the inevitable so long ago when I’d had her dangling from those chains, fighting me with everything she had, still believing she had a choice. Back when she was still just a dollar sign at the warehouse.
And while I had broken her, the little spitfire had also successfully broken me.
For the first time in my life, I found myself alarmingly obsessed. To such a disturbing degree that I would compromise my own sanity and relentlessly fixate until my mind was so damn distracted I could focus on nothing else but her. I’d never wanted anything with such an intense urgency before in my life. This tiny sprig of a girl had consumed me entirely, mind, body, and soul, and there was no escaping her. I was well and truly gone, tortured by a prize that had grabbed my soul by the throat and ruthlessly claimed it.
The strength of my obsession was unrivaled, and even when I’d finally acted and taken her, it did nothing to dull the flame. It just grew and grew until the blazing inferno threatened to burn us both to the ground. The lengths I would go for this woman – to keep her in my grasp and under my control – was boundless. There couldn’t have been a deadlier fixation.
Jaden was mine. And to my detriment…I was hers.
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