Kill Or Be Killed

Chapter Nineteen

Scale Number: Heavy 3

Cat watched as this Kalayavan began gathering some things from around the room; including the pillows from the other bed, the ice bucket, and the cord from the ancient landline on the side table from between the bed frames. She swallowed, wondering if he was gathering different ways for her to choose how she's going to die.

The pillows were to suffocate her. Strangulation by phone cord. But what was the ice for? It definitely wasn't enough to keep her dead body from stinking in this West Spades heat.

"Do you understand why you're in trouble, Caterina?" While he asked her, his hands began to wind intricate knots into the cord.

Swallowing hard, her breathing picked up, turning into nervous little puffs, "Because I'm a witness." Her eyes were unable to leave his hands as they set the wound up cord aside and moved the other items aside. With how much pain she was in from Cole's attack, and the strange injuries she had sustained during the torture, even when he hadn't touched her; it was impossible to move out of the way fast enough as her stalker climbed on top to straddle her legs.

Her lack of movement was only freed up briefly, enough for him to lift himself, rolling her over without a hint of exertion. Which then had her pinned on her stomach to the mattress, with him straddling her almost bare ass. Not any better than what would have happened in the first place, if anything it made it impossible for her to fight back.

Kal leaned down so he could nip the top of her ear harshly with his teeth, his tone low and threatening. "Because you ran from me, pet," gathering her hand together above her head, he held them there with one of his. Her struggles seem pointless as he grabbed the cord with his other, but the pain was enough to cause her to whimper and remain stationary. "After I told you I wouldn't be letting you go," with one more nip, he was off of her just as fast as he'd trapped her. He cursed under his breath, low enough that she couldn't hear him clearly. But it wasn't hard to guess when his fingertips touched her achilles heel and traveled up the back of her thigh until it brushed the underside of her exposed cheeks.

"Kal..." She tried to plead, but when he grabbed a hold of each of her ankles and roughly flipped her over onto her back; crossing her arms up where they were tied together to the headboard, the argument died on her tongue. The look of lust in his eyes was burning brighter than either Jessie or Cole's. Except when he looked at her this way, instead of shriveling in fear, she was flooded with a lust of her own.

One that was accompanied by shame, but a sensation that left her soaked and aching for him regardless.

"From now on, it's 'Sir' or 'Master' when you're naked before me," he tilted his head, seemingly enjoying the look of helplessness that left her aching for his aid. Even if she hadn't known he was the relief to her problem, she was pretty sure she was about to find out. Reaching down to punch her cheeks together, he leaned down to get in her face, "Get it?"

Nodding her head the minimal amount she was able, only for him to pinch a little harder before letting her go. "Words, Caterina, we use our words," leaning over he collected an ice cube from the nearly melted bucket on the stand. "Do you understand what I've just told you?"

Cat ran her tongue over her teeth, pursing her lips. Again, unsure of where her own confidence was coming from, she clicked her tongue against her central incisors. "I'm not naked," she cocked an eyebrow at him, tilting her own head as she looked down at him with a look of defiance.

One he clearly planned to train out of her yet.

Cocking his own brow, he reached out with his free hand and with one swift move of inhuman speed and strength, he ripped the towel out from under her. The action forced her to roll over once more, uncrossing her arms, and leaving her completely naked under his eyes once more. Only this time she was tied up on the bed, right where he wanted her. "Do you understand me now, my pet?"