Pater smiles and rubs his chin. He gets up and faces us, but doesn’t make any steps to come closer. I can tell he’s mulling my request over by the way he’s looking me up and down. He’s trying to decide whether I’ll be enough to keep him satisfied, and if he gives me the chance, I’ll do every last thing he asks of me.
“Tell you what,” he begins as he rubs his hands together. The look in his eyes is sickening, but no matter what he says, I will fucking oblige to keep Vaughn free from whatever torment he decides to inflict.
“I’ll make sure that Vaughn goes free, but you both have to do something for me first,” he says, grinning widely.
I shake my head vehemently.
“Hear me out before you say no, otherwise you both go back into the ground until you die of starvation.”
“It’s okay,” Vaughn says, taking my hand in his. I look at him and he gives me a small but firm smile. “What do you want?”
Pater smiles at him as he claps his hands together. “Go get the dog and bring it back in here. One little thing I want you kids to do, and then I’ll let you go.”
Vaughn nods in agreement as he lets go of my hand and leaves me alone in the room with Pater, whose grin is making me feel violently ill.
One more fucking game and Vaughn will be able to leave.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Pater’s whistling while we wait for Vaughn to return with Tiberius, and I’m still firmly standing my ground. I can’t even begin to imagine what he has in store for us; nor do I want to, but I won’t resist whatever it is with the price being Vaughn’s chance at a normal life.
“Where do you think he would have gone to?” Pater asks me, a curious smile replacing his wicked grin.
“I don’t know.”
“Where did you tell him to go?” he asks, rocking back on his heels.
“I didn’t. I only told him to run as far away as he could and to not look back,” I reply truthfully.
“Hm,” he says with a nod. “I don’t know if he would have gotten very far, but you did one hell of a job distracting me. That ‘Daddy’ thing got me hard for a minute there.”
I sigh and clasp my hands firmly in front of me. The kind of fucked up thoughts that run through his head were absolutely beyond me, but I can honestly say that I no longer care.
“There they are,” he says, turning his attention toward the door. “I got a question for you before we start,” he says to Vaughn. “Where exactly where you planning on going?”
Vaughn drops down to one knee and proceeds to unclip the leash from Tiberius’ collar, giving Pater a shrug in return.
“Away.”
“’Away’. Okay, well I’ll make sure you make your way there after we’re done. But first, you gotta do something for me, remember?”
Vaughn glares up at him from his place next to Tiberius and begins to get to his feet, when Pater walks over and shoves him back down. “You’re not gonna need to stand for this.”
My heart begins to race. The first time Pater ever said that to me, what followed next was the metaphorical wildfire that destroyed my garden.
“Wait—”
“Ah, ah, ah!” Pater says holding up a finger. “You promised.”
I stand frozen in horror as he pulls his shirt off, revealing his body underneath. Pater may be much older than us, but he takes good care of himself. He’s not by any means chiseled out of stone, but what he has to offer would be appreciated by someone else in the right situation.
“Sit down, baby girl. Take your clothes off and spread your legs. Let me see that sweet little pussy.”
My lower lip begins to tremble violently as I remove my pants and panties and sit on the floor. Closing my eyes for a moment, I turn my face away as I slowly spread my legs open, praying that Vaughn is looking away.
“God, I can smell you from here,” he remarks, inhaling deeply. My eyes fly open when I hear him begin to unzip his jeans, and I can feel myself dangerously close to vomiting. He’s going to fuck me and make Vaughn watch, and he’ll have this burned in his memory forever, losing his chance at a normal life.
“Nobody move. I just got an idea,” he says with a smirk, as he walks out of the room. Moments later, he returns with the largest kitchen knife he has, and walks back over toward Vaughn.