had to end.
“I understand.” She began speaking in that soothing tone.
I closed my eyes, knowing Id gone under when I heard Brocks strong voice. “You are beautiful.”
His cock pounded into me in a pain I had never felt before. Most of it emotional. I fought with my own psyche while it tried to pull me out of the memory. Focusing on the pain had kept me conscious that day. Hed slammed into me while casting the inheritance spell and probably planning a million ways to use my power to do this to someone else.
Kelly.
I thought of my friends easy smiling face and bright happy eyes. Had we met sooner, things might have been different for us. Maybe I wouldnt have been fooled by Brock. Maybe I wouldnt be so broken. Maybe we both would have been killed.
That was a lot of maybes.
Brocks death had saved Kellys life. That had to mean something.
The pulses of pain faded to a dark memory of one of Matthews many accomplices. Hed been too large for me, and though I cried, he hadnt stopped. Matthew often watched, seemed to almost enjoy that more than participating.
I shoved that memory aside and waited for the next barrier to hit me. There had been hundreds of men. How Gabe still tolerated my presence was unimaginable. Sadly, it all came back to Brock.
“Say it.” He had growled at me. I let him fuck me and waited until he was almost at the end.
What would have changed if Id said those stupid words? Given him my power? Id be dead. My pain would be over.
“Fuck.” He shoved into me harder, holding my hips with bruising force in both hands. Knife lost at his side. I felt his body twitch in that final warning. “Say it!” Then he was coming and clinging to me, trying to make it last.
What if I hadnt spoken the words to make me pillar? What if Id hexed him then? Hed probably have killed me fairly quickly. What if Id put more force behind that knife?
He and I screamed together.
Id become earth Pillar to save my life. The earth had pounded into me far more intimately than anyone else ever had. Those few seconds before his fist had sent me flying across the room, I felt the entire breath of the earth, from its wide turns to the smallest amoeba surging to life. Earth had always been the apex of elemental magic. All four elements combined with the fifth, which was the human spirit, could accomplish anything. But nothing had quite the power of the earth.
“Count backwards from one hundred,” a voice was saying. “Deep even breaths.”
I felt the pain subsiding, though I trembled something fierce and tasted blood. Following the numbers down, the world came back. Dr. Tynsen sat in her chair shifted away from me. “Youre still trembling. Do you need to count again?”
My whole body ached. Felt like Id been hit into the wall again, bruised spine throbbing in memory. The shivering slowed enough to allow me to move. I felt somewhat weak in the knees. The blinds had been pulled, and only the overhead light glowed down on us. How much time had I lost? The clock read just before noon. A few hours.
“Perhaps I should go get your brother?” Dr. Tynsen asked.
“Please.”
She got up from her chair, leaving the door to the room mostly closed when she left. I relaxed into the couch and let my eyes shut. Sure, I hadnt been sleeping well, but there was no reason I should be this tired.
“Knew youd grow up pretty.”
My eyes flew open and stared into Matthews green gaze. He leaned over me, looking older than I last remembered, but not by much. I tried to say something, but nothing came out but a gargled bit of noise. My body felt as frozen as it had when Brock damaged my spine. Breathing shallow, heart pounding.
“Happy to see me?” He smiled like I remembered, faint tilt to the corners of his lips. His fingers traced my face, down my chest, and cupped my balls, squeezing me lightly. “No? I dont excite you anymore? I have a lot of friends I can bring along.”
Dread pooled in my stomach, a familiar feeling. How many times had I waited in
“I understand.” She began speaking in that soothing tone.
I closed my eyes, knowing Id gone under when I heard Brocks strong voice. “You are beautiful.”
His cock pounded into me in a pain I had never felt before. Most of it emotional. I fought with my own psyche while it tried to pull me out of the memory. Focusing on the pain had kept me conscious that day. Hed slammed into me while casting the inheritance spell and probably planning a million ways to use my power to do this to someone else.
Kelly.
I thought of my friends easy smiling face and bright happy eyes. Had we met sooner, things might have been different for us. Maybe I wouldnt have been fooled by Brock. Maybe I wouldnt be so broken. Maybe we both would have been killed.
That was a lot of maybes.
Brocks death had saved Kellys life. That had to mean something.
The pulses of pain faded to a dark memory of one of Matthews many accomplices. Hed been too large for me, and though I cried, he hadnt stopped. Matthew often watched, seemed to almost enjoy that more than participating.
I shoved that memory aside and waited for the next barrier to hit me. There had been hundreds of men. How Gabe still tolerated my presence was unimaginable. Sadly, it all came back to Brock.
“Say it.” He had growled at me. I let him fuck me and waited until he was almost at the end.
What would have changed if Id said those stupid words? Given him my power? Id be dead. My pain would be over.
“Fuck.” He shoved into me harder, holding my hips with bruising force in both hands. Knife lost at his side. I felt his body twitch in that final warning. “Say it!” Then he was coming and clinging to me, trying to make it last.
What if I hadnt spoken the words to make me pillar? What if Id hexed him then? Hed probably have killed me fairly quickly. What if Id put more force behind that knife?
He and I screamed together.
Id become earth Pillar to save my life. The earth had pounded into me far more intimately than anyone else ever had. Those few seconds before his fist had sent me flying across the room, I felt the entire breath of the earth, from its wide turns to the smallest amoeba surging to life. Earth had always been the apex of elemental magic. All four elements combined with the fifth, which was the human spirit, could accomplish anything. But nothing had quite the power of the earth.
“Count backwards from one hundred,” a voice was saying. “Deep even breaths.”
I felt the pain subsiding, though I trembled something fierce and tasted blood. Following the numbers down, the world came back. Dr. Tynsen sat in her chair shifted away from me. “Youre still trembling. Do you need to count again?”
My whole body ached. Felt like Id been hit into the wall again, bruised spine throbbing in memory. The shivering slowed enough to allow me to move. I felt somewhat weak in the knees. The blinds had been pulled, and only the overhead light glowed down on us. How much time had I lost? The clock read just before noon. A few hours.
“Perhaps I should go get your brother?” Dr. Tynsen asked.
“Please.”
She got up from her chair, leaving the door to the room mostly closed when she left. I relaxed into the couch and let my eyes shut. Sure, I hadnt been sleeping well, but there was no reason I should be this tired.
“Knew youd grow up pretty.”
My eyes flew open and stared into Matthews green gaze. He leaned over me, looking older than I last remembered, but not by much. I tried to say something, but nothing came out but a gargled bit of noise. My body felt as frozen as it had when Brock damaged my spine. Breathing shallow, heart pounding.
“Happy to see me?” He smiled like I remembered, faint tilt to the corners of his lips. His fingers traced my face, down my chest, and cupped my balls, squeezing me lightly. “No? I dont excite you anymore? I have a lot of friends I can bring along.”
Dread pooled in my stomach, a familiar feeling. How many times had I waited in
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