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large wooden and metal door leading to open air, to sunlight, to the world. I opened it and watched her expression. I quickly grabbed some rope by the door and tied her to me.
    “What are you doing, Draco?” She stared into the empty landscape, the trees and fields of nothing. The sun hit her naked skin and showed how delightful and sun-kissed it looked in the light. She smiled, a genuine smile of hope and life. I stared at her with my mind in a place I hadn’t found in so many years. I named the place in my mind, I named the emotion. It was happiness. Seeing her smile evoked such a warm feeling of happiness inside me I never wanted to look away. Her eyes narrowed and the rope tugged a little, I heard footsteps, but I couldn’t tear my eyes away from her. Her mouth dropped open and suddenly her eyes locked onto mine while she tried to run with me attached to her. She knew she couldn’t really move and instead her arms moved around me and she pressed herself against me; hiding in my chest.
    “Please, Draco. Please don’t let him. Please .” She was speaking fast and scared. I finally looked up to Rahul staring back.

Chapter Nineteen - Aimee
    I needed to run, needed to be away from him. Suddenly I wanted clothes on. I didn’t want him to see me. I pulled so close into Draco, he was the only protection I had and it made me hate myself for needing him.
    “Hello, Rahul. Welcome back. A s you can see, you left your mark on her. It’ll be fun trying to sell her like this.” Draco had a tone of annoyance and impatience in his voice, and the man - the one who had tried to rape me - finally had a name.
    Rahul looked ove r my body with a dirty grin on his face and I looked down to the ground, disgusted and terrified. Draco pulled me closer.
    “Draco, what the hell is she doing out here? Ugh, never mind. The Lights, nice work. Jay, Kavok’s assistant, called me. He wants to meet our little Aimee. Kavok, as you know, is one of the most influential men in the industry, and I did some research. His last slave was just sold to a brothel and he needs a new one. I think this little bitch would be perfect.”
    I watched his vile lips move as he spoke , trying to take in the information. Draco held firm and didn’t move back into the house which surprised me. Draco smiled at Rahul and shook his hand in a congratulatory manor. Why did I feel betrayed? This was who Draco was. I was one of many.
    “One thing though , Draco. I need to be the one to train her.” He said it so dominantly that it held no realm for any objection. It just was. Draco held his facial expression stern and cold. He was pretty pissed about the whole idea and you needed no psych degree to see it.
    “She is mine, Rahul. I train her. We made a deal .” Rahul chuckled at Draco and then punched him square in the face, knocking him back a little. I stared in shock and waited for Draco to hit back but he didn’t.
    “You killed mine, so now I have yours. Tit for tat, Draco” I felt as tears burnt in my eyes and I searched Draco’s eyes for any hope, but none came. I wanted Draco. I needed him. I felt Rahul’s clammy hand grab the rope holding Draco and I together and he pulled it away. He took me by the arm and marched me back inside and straight to my cell.
    I screamed out to Draco and he smiled at me in what was supposed to be encouragement, but his eyes looked full of sadness and hopelessness. I felt my throat retch from screaming out, his name scratching my mouth like knives and the feeling spreading to the rest of my body. My mind spun to a different place. I was going insane, I could feel it, his name left my lips one last time and I gave in. I looked into Rahul’s evil, dead eyes and closed my own in what felt like slow motion. I pinched them shut and remembered Erin’s face. Her favorite song, Lana Del Rey’s Summertime Sadness, flooded my memory while I was laughing with her at home, our mother watching as I tickled her in bed, our laughter echoing