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"You son of a bitch!" Chris screamed

"I knew you wouldn’t do it," Caroline said sly She didn’t seem upset at all In fact she seemed relieved Her eyes darted to Madison for a quick second and it became obvious She was jealous and worried that Ephraiot her answer Madison wanted to cry for herself, but she loved him too much even if he didn’t love her she needed hihtened around her "It’s okay, Madison I’ll take care of you"

Ephrairipped the botto it to the floor Then he pulled off the cross necklace before she asked him "If I were you I would make it last because the very second I escape you’re dust" He reached up and clasped a cuff around his wrist It closed with a sickening "clink" He held up his other wrist and looked at Caroline "You may do the honors"

With a smile Caroline did just that

Chapter 23

"Please stop!" Madison cried She tried to pull free frorabbed her and pulled her back

"Oh, don’t worry, dear, he can’t die" With a tilt of her head she considered Ephraim "I believe I could do this forever"

Ephrai He didn’t react That was one thing he stopped giving to Nichols years ago, a reaction The bastard ave him the satisfaction of a response after the first five years He would do the same with this bitch no matter how much it hurt

Holy fk did it hurt She was enjoying this too much The wounds she inflicted on his face, neck and sto tih The sound of his blood dripping to the ground let hie puddle of his own blood

He heard the whip shoot through the air and the snap as it struck his skin He ground his jaw "No, please stop!" Madison screa him to have her see this

She dropped the whip to the ground "Well, that’s not working Let’s see what else we have in our toy box, shall we?" Caroline said cheerfully

She looked over the table and then back at hied at her lips She walked over to him and unbuckled his belt, slowly

"What are you doing?" Chris denored hilued to a spot on the wall "Oh, let’s e to get in our way noould we?"

She reached into his pockets, ood view Her hands reached in and pulled out his keys, cell phone and Madison noted his sleek black Sentinel cell phone had a green light blinking That was odd It usually blinked red when he had a call or a voiceelse he told her It took a nal She had to hide her smile as Caroline threw it on the floor with the rest of his things

"Did you tell her about all the fun things we used to do together, Ephrai softly as Chris held her

Ephrainored her "It’s too bad all those times didn’t make the baby anted, isn’t it?" She sht I have to tell you it came as a surprise to me that all that sex didn’t make a child I was told a uess they rong"

For the first time in three hours Ephraim spoke "Yes, from what I’ve been told they can," he chuckled weakly "I have a secret to tell you, Caroline Do you want to hear it?"

"Yes," she said cautiously