It had been a week.
Probably.
No more than eight days.
Avery was face down on the kitchen table, arms attached to the far side, one ankle to either leg, his cum dripping out of her. He was whistling some nonsense while he cleaned the dishes from breakfast.
She tried to relax a little, focus on the task at hand. The first few days had been a blur, the assault constant and mind numbing. But she was sure that couldn't have lasted more than three. She counted again.
Eight.
He hadn't said anything more about being discharged but it was rapidly becoming clear that he wasn't going to leave anytime soon. It had served to snap her out of complacency. There would be no waiting this one out.
Her eyes fixed on his back as he scrubbed the pan, watching the muscles move beneath the large pirate ship on his right shoulder blade. Her eyes traveled down, following the faces and pictures that all flowed into one another and ended in a large serpent just above the swell of his ass. She imagined it coming alive, slithering up his back, over every bulging muscle, and wrapping itself around his neck, a mirror image of the collar on hers. It squeezed and he fell to his knees. She watched as his face turned red and then purple and finally he lay dead on the floor.
"Like what you see, Baby?" He smiled at her over his shoulder. She'd been caught staring at his ass. She didn't respond. He hadn't put the gag back in yet today. Every day she didn't speak she got more time with it off, so she played his game.
He came over, drying his hands on a towel. It was a blue and white design she'd brought from home because she'd loved it. It made her regret that she'd tried to have anything for herself because it was another thing he could take away.
His cool fingers ran along her spine and down into the crack of her ass. She clenched her teeth.
"You can say 'thank you' for your morning fuck." His fingers sawed in and out of her wet hole, his cum spilling out faster with the motion. She tensed but didn't speak. He grabbed her hair in his fist and pulled her head up as far as he could with the collar on. "If you won't I'll find another way to fill your mouth." He brought his sticky fingers to her lips. This time she didn't fight and they slipped in, heavy with the taste of both of them.
She lifted her tongue and cleaned them, trying not to hear his cooed praises.
"What do you say, Avery?"
If she ignored him again the gag went back in. Or worse, the ring.
"Thank you," she whispered.
He released her and rubbed his hands together. "I do believe you're getting the idea, Angel. And for that, I've got a special surprise."
Avery cringed. His surprises were invariably horrible. The last one had involved an elaborate harness, mind numbing vibrators, and suspending her completely above the bed.
There was nothing to do though; the cuffs and collar had not come off once. One gag or another was in place when he wasn't brushing her teeth or feeding her. If the new pattern held, though, he might ease up as she became more complacent.