(Author's Note: Here we go again. I feel as if I'm nearing the end of this storyline. There are still a few more chapters to go, but not very much. If anyone would be interested in some private role playing, send me a feedback message. I could go for some to get my creative mind flowing once again. As with all of my stories, all characters mentioned are eighteen years of age or older, and are the sole property of this writer.)
His laugh was cold, devoid of that warm amusement as he wiped his fingers clean of her feminine wetness against her bed. "I know you won't say anything to the Boss, if he lives to see the sunrise. Accidents happen. It would be a shame if he found out you decided to jump from the window to your death for freedom." Dmitri mused, his smirk dangerous as he turned from Angelique and slowly made his way from her.
"I would be careful who I insult if I were you... You never know, I might be your next Master." Dmitri remarked with a grin as he closed the door, leaving Angelique all alone within the bedroom with nothing but her thoughts to keep her company.
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The rest of the night was completely restless for Angelique as she laid within the bed. The threat Dmitri left her with still lingered within her mind. More and more she continued to question her choice of Mikhail's life and safety over her own freedom. There was no doubt within her mind that if he died, if something had happened to her Master, it would be all over for her. She truly did not want to be Dmitri's slave. The man was downright frightening and cruel. Even though she did first think the same of Mikhail when their paths had crossed, there was something to him, some tender care in his eyes that lurked beyond the sadistic gleam. With Mikhail, she never thought he would kill her. With Dmitri on the other hand, there was no telling what he was willing to do.
Hours were spent lying within the bed, tossing and turning in the comforts of her bed without an end. Her mind was so restless and stressed with the long ordeal of the night she had endured, and yet, through it all, it all went back to one question: why did he save her?
There was no doubt within her mind that she was trouble for him. She was still news according to the morning news she watched before turning to try and sleep. Her mind could not help itself. Curious as to what was going on, whether they were still looking for her, Angelique had turned on the television and watched as her name and picture came across the television, along with pleas from her parents for her safe return home. Tears came down her face as she watched them, as she saw the terror and fright etched in their faces as they begged for her to be sent home. It was all one big taunt to her, a cruel joke. She had freedom within her hands, ready for the taking, and she threw it all down the drain for a reckless act of kindness to a dying man.
Over and over again she asked the same question to herself: Did I do the right thing? As she rested her head upon the thick, fluffed pillows of the bed, she could not help to ask herself that question. Mikhail had risked his life to save her. He bought her, saving her from a fate unimaginable by powerful men and women that couldn't risk having such a slave with that much attention. He went out into the house, risking his own life in a gun battle to shield her. He gave her a gun, willing her to defend herself under the bed. He had given so much for her, and yet, now he lay dying. What would happen to her if he was gone was something she couldn't think of. It was too frightening, too disheartening and dreadful for her to think of the endless possibilities. If Mikhail died, so did she.
It took some time for her to finally fall into the comforting embrace of sleep. The exhaustion was too much and overwhelming for her to stand up against. Her dreamless, deep sleep comforted her, giving her some respite from the troubles and stresses of her reality.
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It was the late afternoon when Angelique finally awakened. However, it was not the bright summer sun that shone through the windows that awakened her, but that of a knock to the door. For a moment she paused, looking at the door with a sense of dread filling her. The last thing she wanted to do was to wake up and go back through the hell she had suffered through.
When she finally climbed out of the bed, putting on a robe from the closet, she opened the door, and much to her displeasure, saw the man she was dreading.
"It's about time you woke your lazy ass up." Dmitri said, his eyes looking over her body. "I should fuck you in the ass for making me wait. I bet you would like that, wouldn't you?"
Angelique said nothing. She could already feel her anger growing and blossoming within her, waiting to be unleashed upon this man before her. Just being in his presence made Angelique's body and mind tense, the threats from the previous night still lingering within the forefront of her mind. He was dangerous to say the least, a man that was putting himself in position to strike. She could feel it in the air, the tension palpable amongst the men when she entered the building, to the sense she received from being around him.
He smirked at her silence. "You're lucky he woke up. Otherwise, you'd be down on your knees begging for mercy." Dmitri remarked, smirking as his eyes wandered across her feminine form.
"He's awake?" Angelique asked, her eyes wide with hope as she spoke.