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All that was left of her hand was a bump at the end of her wrist Tears streamed down her face

"That…will…teach you…to touch…what belongs to…another…woroin was unbearable He was burned pretty badly from the feel of it

"Ephraim, are you okay?" Chris and Madison asked in unison

He tried to nod The roin The sensation shot to his sto by the chains He gasped desperately before he began vood, Ephraim!" Madison screamed

"My hand!" Caroline screamed as she ran out the back door in the baseuns looked nervous The third man ran after his mistress "What do we do?" one of the men asked

"We stay here! She’ll be back!" The other eted nervously

"Holy shit, I’m an idiot" Ephrai about?" Chris asked His eyes were darting between the two very nervous"Hey! Point that da elsewhere before you accidentally shoot her!"

Ephraim pulled in a deep breath as he pushed up with his feet Once he was standing erect he turned as far as the chains would allow him He studied the two men for several ht about this situation

He cursed under his breath as he reached up and wrapped a hand around each chain until they were tight The men watched ide eyes as every htened and twitched

"Stop or we’ll shoot the over Madison said

Ephrai sound accompanied the action "No, you won’t," he said si had Chris and Madison grabbing each other, trying to protect the other "Ephraim, stop! He’ll shoot her!" Chris screarunt erupted from Ephraim as he arched hi

Theat Ephraim He stumbled towards them, but didn’t drop Madison forced herself to watch She scanned his body for bullet holes, but couldn’t tell if there were any fresh injuries since his body was already covered with large wounds

Another gunshot and then another The sound was deafening With each shot she looked for son that he was hit, a jolt, a stu, no reaction

"They’re blanks," Chris whispered

The two uns to the side and backed off towards the door their ry" Ephrai "That’s what you were, a un before to keep thee You were my meal I’m an idiot"

"No, she loves us She would never do that"

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that," Chris said dryly "She just left you unarmed with a seriously pissed off Pyte That’s real love"

"Oh fk!" one of the o," Ephraim said weakly He didn’t look at the men as he continued his slol forward He didn’t stop until he dropped his head in Madison’s lap His arms wrapped around her waist He pressed a tender kiss to her leg

"Ephraied his head to her body

"We need to get out of here before psycho bitch comes back," Chris said He ju where their chains hung fro "They’re on hooks!" he said excitedly

"Can you get them off?" Madison asked, her eyes never left the back of Ephraim’s head

"I think so…hold…on…just a little-" The front door to the basement exploded into the room "Shit!" Chris lost his hold and fell the short distance to the floor with an, "Oomph!"

Madison sobbed softly as she watched two ues enter the room with their weapons drawn