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Heskin, because I felt her pain in every muscle of my body The hurt I felt for her was more hurt than I’d ever felt for myself

She wasn’t just mine

She was a part of me

"Does that make you feel like a man motherfucker?" I shouted above Doe whose screams stopped abruptly Her eyes rolled back in her head Tanner turned off the torch and she slu as if she’d just been electrocuted Smoke rose off of her burnt skin

He yanked on her hair and her head fell backwards Her eyes and lips were partially opened, devoid of the life that was in them just yesterday Her cheeks were covered in dried blood, and fresh dripping red He released her hair and her chin fell lifelessly onto her chest "See? She’s just being punished That’s what happens to bad girls They get punished And Ray here has been a very, very bad girl"

"What’s the fucking point of all this?" I asked

"The fucking point? The fucking point is the sa her on the bed where we made our son!" Tanner screamed "And now you’ve tainted her! You’ve ruined asher "All will be okay though…" He walked over to the kitchen and opened one of the cabinets, producing a rusted fishing knife "As soon as I resolve one last probles He pushed her knees apart, exposing her pussy

"What the fuck are you doing?" I growled as Tanner knelt down in front of her and held up his knife

"Oh, you didn’t know? Seeain!" He looked back at me over his shoulder "But I’ll fix that as soon as I cut your bastard out of her"

Chapter Thirty-One

Doe

Burning

Inside and out I was burning up Sharp unrelenting pain seared through me and even indeeper through layers of skin, ht uttural roar with such strength behind it, it literally dragged h the narrow slit in the one eye that wasn’t swollen shut, I saw Tanner leaning over

He was sitting in a chair with his hands behind his back, just as I’d seen him before Tanner had taken the torch to reen eyes the darkest I’d ever seen them