It had been a long day at work. I was so ready to slip into my bed, curl a blanket around me, and drift to sleep. I sighed and smiled as I got under the blankets, leaned over, and turned off the lamp next to my bed.
The texture of the sheets on my skin was soothing. Leaning back in my bed, stretching out my shoulders, I ran my fingers through the blankets around me, imagining that I were floating in the clouds as I drifted to sleep.
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I woke up with a start, my heart racing. Had I heard something in the room?
Shh, breathe,
I told myself. It was probably just someone stirring in the neighboring apartment, as usual. I breathed slowly for a few moments, listening. I had somehow gotten into an uncomfortable position in my sleep, but I stayed still for a moment, listening.
A panic rushed through me as I realized that I could hear nothing from the neighbors.
It's alright,
I thought,
you're overthinking this. I'll just turn on the light.
I figured that if I turned on the light, I could comfort myself, knowing my deepest fears would not be realized.
And then I stopped dead, my heart racing again.
It hit me.
I couldn't move.
My hands were immobile. I ran my fingers over my wrists, only to feel that they were held in some kind of handcuffs. After a beat, I began thrashing around, trying to get myself out of the bed. All my thoughts were on getting to the door.
"Looks like someone's awake," a cold voice taunted me.
I should have yelled, screamed, but the words stuck in my throat. I was still flailing, somehow tangled in my sheets.
I heard the man reach over and turn on the lamp. A large man with a ski mask covering his entire face was sitting over me on the bed. Lying below him, I felt pathetic. All he had tied me with were handcuffs, and yet I was frozen in place.
"You know," he mused in a singsong voice that infuriated me, "I'm tired of wearing this," indicating the mask. "But I can't have you spilling the details." He reached down, rummaging through something on the floor, and pulled out a blindfold.
Finally I found my voice. "No no no no you can't do this!" I screamed. I sat up and tried to kick him. In an instant, he had pinned me down on my back and was on top of me. My hands were stuck behind my back because of the handcuffs, and he pinned down my legs with his knees. I shook my head back and forth so he couldn't blindfold me. Suddenly, he grabbed my face and I felt two strong, rough hands on my cheeks, insisting that I stay in place, controlling me. I gazed at him. His eyes were fierce, intense, and I knew then that he would have his way with me. Then I glanced down, and my eyes widened as I saw the tent forming in his jeans, larger and more threatening than I could have imagined.
And it was the last thing I saw before he veiled me in darkness. I could feel him lying on top of me as he snapped the blindfold in place over me. His breathing was heavy on my chest and rapid, as if he were hunting his preyβme. As he was leaning over me, I could feel his hardness pressing against my stomach.
I whimpered.
"What's that?" he spat out, his voice close to my ear.
"Please," I croaked. "Please don't hurt me."
I felt his hands on my shoulders now, pinning me in place.
"I won't hurt you," he whispered in my ear.
I exhaled.
"If you do what I say."
I whimpered again, louder now, but no words came out.
He pinched my nipple and I yelped. "You beg me not to, but I think you're a little slut," he taunted.
"Now. I'm going to take your clothes off. The first thing you'd better do," he continued, gliding a finger over my lips, "is keep that pretty little mouth of yours shut while I expose you. Don't say a word. Nod if you understand."
Shaking, I nodded.
"Good, little slut."
I wanted to scream. My teeth clamped down on my lip.
"Now stay still."
He dismounted me for a moment, and then got back on me. I felt something cold and thin on my stomach, and heard the
snip
sounds of a pair of scissors coming for my tank-top. I flinched when I felt the tip of the scissors graze my neck, causing the shirt to fly open. With one more
snip
on each side, he broke the straps. The air was cold on my breasts and on my stomach.
"Mmm," he moaned, his rough hands making their way over me. My breathing was panting, trying to keep silent.
He flipped me over onto my stomach to cut the rest of the shirt off of me. I felt so vulnerable, so weak, my face crammed into the pillow. Still, I stayed frozen.
And then slowly, gently, I felt his fingers hook into the waistband of my pants and underwear. I don't know what came over me, but as I started to feel my pants slip off, I screamed.