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He's looking straight at me

I can't helpuys

But I don't run away, do I?

I stay here as he comes up to me

I can s into my nostrils and I close my eyes as I inhale He smells likeman

All of those thoughts of self-preservation that were in the back of one

All of the dark, twisted, sexual desires that I've been living with Mason—fucking er than ever

It's as if the demon Lust has taken control ofin front of me

He looks at

And why shouldn't he be?

He knows he owns me

The way he grabstoward the open door to his apartment I have no choice but to follow And even if I had a choice, we both know that I would go wherever this man took me

I feel more than hear the door to the apartment close behind me

But just as suddenly as he grabbed o and turns toward me

I notice the skyline visible through his openThe skyscrapers of New York City glitter in the evening It would be a breathtaking view, if I could even cohts at the moment