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It's that voice

Hishis bogeyman voice, and I can feel myself pale

"Likeher take care of another man's needs"

I whiain when I see his lips slowly curve into a smirk

He has to be lyingright?

I open my mouth to ask him this, but he takes this as a cue I want to be kissed, and the ue enters mine, I realize that yes, I do want to be kissed Which of course leads to other parts ofmy body in other ways

We ain, and I lose count of how e turn a deep shade of orange before darkening into the colors of a starless night The only ti each other is when Raaf remembers to feed us dinner, but then after that he carries ain

I don't want this night to end, but ainst my hair as he pulls me close and tucks my head under his chin

"Sleep,day tomorrow"

The Start of Classes

The shrill scream of an alarm clock wakes me up the next day, and I abruptly sit up, more startled than uneasy A ti, and I can't think of any reason why my kidnapper-turned-lover would wantpersonoh

My fingers encounter so as I turn the alarm clock off, and my heart drops to my stomach when I flip the clock around There's a sticky note taped to its back, and I'm almost tempted to just not read it

But because I also know I'd just be delaying the inevitable—-

Phone in the drawer Make your one call count

It's not exactly what I feared, but it's just as bad, and ht all at once,Raaf last night that I' at that ti this is his answer

An old Nokia phone slides out when I pull the drawer open, and I have to drag oxygen intoI tell myself that it will be all okay, but by the ti on the other end, the speed in whichwould put bullet trains to shame

I am nervous and petrified of how this call will turn out, but the'Sara', a strange sense of calmness settles overthat if I say just one wrong thing—-

One wrong thing is all it takes

It would completely destroy the first man I've loved