chapter 48

Macey The following morning, I wake to a pinch in my neck. I hardly slept all night as I fought the urge, yet my attempts to stay awake were unsuccessful; exhaustion eventually took me. “Shh, my love, it is just a sedative,” Carter murmurs as he pulls the syringe from my neck. My fingertips touch the spot. He handcuffed me to him during the night. I had tried to shift out of my restraints, yet he pounced on me before I even made it a step from the bed, which earned me the handcuffs for my efforts. He had also drugged me the moment he wrestled me back into the restraints. I cursed myself all night. I should have held out longer, earned his trust. All night I had stared at the ceiling, completely paralyzed. Panic courses through me as he stabs me again. “It’s just a precaution. This won’t paralyze you completely, only stop you from shifting mostly and is more of a muscle relaxant. My father’s invention; shitty man, but a smart one,” he says. There’s so much I could say about his father’s