If I ran my hand lower, right to the honey between her legs, I know I’d find her wet. That thought is another shot of adrenaline in my blood. I slap her ass again and again.

Her cries turn into moans, and she whimpers against my palm. My cock is so hard, pressing against her stomach as she breathes hard.

“Remember this, Carina.” I slap her again, softer this time. “The next time you want to use that smart mouth on me, remember what happened here tonight. Because I can get into your room. I can get to you anywhere at any time. I can find you, and I promise you, I will give you this same treatment until you do as you’re told.” I rub her red ass, squeezing and feeling her until the roar between my ears demands I throw her to the floor and fill her with my seed.

That’s when I lift her and lay her on the bed, then stand and walk out of the room, closing the door softly behind me.

6

CARINA

Ocean: I need you to calm all the way the fuck down.

Magic: This is not the breakdown I thought we’d be having today.

Ocean: Right? You’re the one that should still be up on some non-sleeping binge listening to police scanners and watching monitors while triple checking you covered everything.

Magic: Kinda nice that you’re not the one freaking out.

Ocean: But are we really shocked that Rebel is about to well… Rebel?

Me: I can see everything you guys are saying.

A second after I hit send on the message, the whole thread disappears.

Me: Ha ha

Magic: I got jokes sometimes.

Ocean: So I think maybe you should talk to that brother of yours.

I let out a long sigh, but I know she’s right. I can’t run away. My brother would send out a search team or kill off a few families thinking they’d kidnapped me if I did. I have to do this the rational way. Boo.

Me: Is there anything else happening today beyond my meltdown?

I’d blown up their phones this morning saying I wanted out of the country. That I wanted a new identity, a passport and so on. I googled a bunch of places that I could possibly move to that would get me as far away from Gilly as possible.

I still can’t believe what he did last night. At that moment, with his hands on me, I'd been so lost in him. He’d given me a taste of something I had no idea I wanted. Then in true Gilly form, he did what he always does to me. He turned his back on me and walked out, leaving me there aching. Only this time it was in more places than one.

Magic: I’m still running the guy's face you shot.

Me: The other two?