Poisoned Love, Calculated Death
, helpless woman to perfection. I would look at Jason with what I hoped passed for
say, forcing a dreamy sigh.
was ash in
e that had once made my stomach flutter. Now, it just made m
single, perfect white orchid. It was beautiful and i
d, tucking it gently behind my ear.
tending to be, that a fresh wave of rage washed over me. This flower wasn't a gift, i
spered, touching the so
tion went. That evening, as we sat by the fire
ing waves. "I'm scared. What if no one ever co
closely in the fl
ting rumble. He reached out and took my hand. "We can
beneath them: You are never leaving this island. It was a confirmation of my prison s
shed, "my work... I c
it. "Sometimes, the life we think we want isn't the one we'r
risoner, until he decide
sed. Jason was diligent in his "care," changing the dressing daily w
e thick green paste to the swollen skin around my break.
d became red, inflamed, and impossibly tender. At first, I thought it was a na
plant with a similar-looking leaf. I crushed it and smelled it. It was bland, earthy. Then, I smelled the paste from my leg. It had the same ea
infected, so severe, that it would either cripple me permanently or kill me slowly
cold and sharp. The game had changed. He wasn
miliar dread. He always insisted I drink it in front of him. He wanted me unconscious. He want
his voice laced with false sympathy.
slightly. I couldn't let him drug me tonight
p. The pain is... really bad tonight." I looked at him, my eyes wide with fa
. A disruption
g his face before it was replaced by his pat
acting skill into the plea. "It would mean so
ng moment, then sighed.
lusioned corporate worker who had dropped out of society. It was a pathetic
tilted the cup ever so slightly, letting the drugged tea trickle down the side, soaking into the
pered, letting my eyelid
s, and forced my breathing to become
ht in the air. Finally, believing I was unconscious, he stood u
hurricane I had created was my only ticket out of her