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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

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I couldn’t slow my breathing, dragging in more air and

more air and the sound being the only thing I could hear in the

room. He was so fucking calm. Was this entertaining?

“What do you want?!” I yelled.

I let my eyes fall closed, tears streaming and realizing it

could be hours before Arion made it back up to the house, and

no one at the party needed to come up here. There was the

pool house with the bathroom, and it had a small kitchen that

was stocked with all the snacks and drinks they’d need.

A golf ball rose in my throat, and I felt like I was going to

vomit. I shook my head, my fight dead. “What do you want?”

I felt his hand touch my hair, and then the ribbon was

pulled and all my hair fell from its ponytail.

“Oh, GGod.” I start batting at him and trying to get his

hands off me. “Just stop. Please stop.”

I fell to a squat, partially to get away from him and

partially because I felt sick. I clamped my hand over my

mouth to try to sustain the rolling of my stomach.

“It’s a joke,” I said to myself, losing my fucking mind.

“You’re doing this as a joke. It’s just a joke.” I started shaking.

“It’s a joke.”

I felt him squat down in front of me, his breath close again.

“Then why aren’t you laughing?” he whispered.

I snarled, getting angry again.

Why was he whispering? Did that mean I knew him? Was

he afraid I’d recognize his voice?

I forced myself to calm down, finally able to pull in a long,

deep breath.

“Are you…are you going to hurt me?” I asked.

“I don’t know.”

He doesn’t know?

“Do you want to?” I pressed.

“Kind of.”

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