Ellis stepped into the room and shut the door behind himself. Something about the way he relaxed and strutted into the room like he owned the place made me feel calmer.

At least he wasn’t some stranger that I didn’t know, but I was still nervous about whether he would really make me play with him.

My heart began to race at the thought of what he had planned.

Everything in this room was foreign to me as I looked around, making me feel a ...