High Stakes: A Dark Romance by Roxy Sinclaire

Author:Roxy Sinclaire [Sinclaire, Roxy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Press
Published: 2018-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14―Amanda

“Ah, crap,” I groaned the instant I woke up in my underground prison. My wrists were tender from being restrained and I had a pounding headache. I had forgotten about all the drinks I had the previous night, and I didn’t get the chance to drink any water. My tongue felt like sandpaper. Luckily, it was still fairly dark in the room, the only light coming in through the cracks in the door.

Josh came in with a startled look on his face.

“Did you say something?” he asked. “I thought I heard a sound.”

“I don’t think so,” I replied. “Can I have some water? I’m so dehydrated, I feel sick.”

His eyes went wide, and he scurried out of the room and quickly emerged with a bottle of lukewarm water. I grasped the bottle between my palms and chugged, feeling the water moisturize my mouth to my stomach. When I finished the bottle, I handed it back to him.

“I’ll make breakfast,” he said quickly. He was acting strangely. In the short time I’d known him, he’d always seemed so cool and collected. Now, he was running around like a chicken with his head cut off and looked surprised and frightened. It made me feel good to know that he wasn’t always the most confident man in the room.

“Wait,” I called before he could get too far. “I have to go to the bathroom. There is a bathroom in here, isn’t there?”

“Oh, yeah,” he replied.

He helped me off the bed and escorted me into the living room. On the other side, across from the bedroom, was an identical door that led to a tiny bathroom. He hesitated, as if he didn’t know how to supervise me, and then ultimately, he shut the door behind him. I struggled to pull my dress up and my underwear down with the handcuffs, but I finally managed to relieve myself.

I looked at the shower longingly. It was basically just a spigot that poured water onto the concrete floor, but I wanted nothing more than to rinse off, put on a clean change of clothes, and curl back up in bed.

When he heard me flush the toilet, he opened the door and escorted me back into the room.

“Is all of this necessary?” I asked, holding up my hands.

“Ben’s orders,” he replied.

“Is Ben here?”

“No.”

“Then what do you think about letting me have full use of my body, then?”

He thought about it for a few seconds. “I don’t know, Amanda.”

“What am I going to do?”

“Run, for starters. Try to kill me?”

“I think you know I’m not capable of that. I’ll promise to be on my best behavior while we’re here alone. The second anyone else arrives, you can put me in a straightjacket for all I care. Just let me feel human again.”

His face was strained, as if he were deeply conflicted over such a simple decision.

“Let me think about it for a moment. Go sit on the bed, and I’ll bring you breakfast in a little bit.”

Annoyed, but not really surprised, I went back to the room and sat on the bed.

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