“I know you won’t hurt me!”

The words burst out of her like a physical thing, seeming to rip at her throat on the way out. It hurt but the pain was a little thing in comparison to what was about to happen to her if Russel didn’t stop himself. The creature was beautiful, in a morbid sort of way. Its amber eyes were almost a hypnotic thing. The savage, brutal nature of him spoke of raw power and strength. She wondered, idly, how she could think such strange things in the heat of ...