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Rae opened her mouth but quickly closed it. What would he deem as extremely naughty? Raelynn didn’t have a system to base it on. Even when she had lived with him, he would often change his.

He wanted to keep her on her toes.

“Did you have something to say?” he asked. “You can ask one question today. I will answer truthfully.”

She knew not to ask about the scale and how it was going to work. It would be foolish, and she knew she would surely get in trouble for that.

“Did Demi get there safely?” she finally asked.

There were probably a million things she should ask right now, but that was the only thing that came to her mind. Raelynn knew not to ask any questions about Butch unless she wanted to get beaten, and she knew not to ask about his friends and what was going to happen. She really was concerned about Demi and if she had gotten there safely.

“Yes, she did,” he replied.

“Did they pick her up? Did they find her? Is she still alive?” Raelynn couldn’t help but ask.

She thought Edmund would have given her more, that he would have divulged what had happened.

“You should have been more specific with your question if you wanted to know more. You just asked whether she got there safely, and I gave you an honest answer.” He chuckled. “Silly you. I thought you would have remembered to be more specific.”

“Wait. Let me redo it,” she begged.

Edmund shook his head. “Too late for that. I gave you your one question, and you’ve used it up. Next time, think about it before blurting it out.”

Raelynn struggled against the rope, trying to free her hands, but it just made the it dig into her skin.

“Wait, Edmund, please. Is she still alive? You promised that nothing else would happen, and she would be alive,” Raelynn stuttered over her words.

“And I did make sure that nothing happened to her. She was alive when they dropped her off. But after that was none of my concern. You only requested she would be alive when delivered, which I upheld,” Edmund explained. “Be more specific when you request things as well.”

Edmund shut the door before she could say anything. How could she have been so stupid? During the past several months with Daddy, she hadn’t needed to worry about anything. Raelynn had gotten so comfortable being free to ask whatever questions she wanted, as many as she could.

Tears ran down her face and she blinked, hoping that it would get rid of some of the darkness, but it didn’t. Everything around her looked bleak, like Daddy wasn’t trying to find her. Maybe Edmund was right in saying Daddy wasn’t going to come for her. Maybe he’d realized that she was going to be far more work than he wanted.

“I’m sorry, Daddy,” she whispered as she curled in on herself.

CHAPTER 31

RAELYNN

“Come on, pretty thing. Wake up for me,” an unfamiliar voice whispered in her ear.

Exhaustion weighed down on her as she attempted to open her eyes, but her eyelids felt like a thousand tons were pulling them down.

“Are you sure she’s not dead?” the man asked.

“She was alive when I left her yesterday. She wouldn’t have been able to die in that short amount of time,” Edmund replied. “Can’t you see her chest is rising and falling?”

Had Edmund brought a friend with him? No.

“Then why isn’t she waking up?” the man asked.

“Jenkins, I haven’t fed her in two days. She hasn’t had any water in two days. She’s going to be weak. She may not open her eyes and engage with you. While she was used to it before, she’s not used to it now,” Edmund explained.

“I told you that I wanted her awake and to be able to communicate with me. I want to be able to see the fear on her face. I want to get a reaction out of her,” Jenkins demanded. “I didn’t pay you for her to be half dead. I’ll come back in a couple of days, and she better be more alive.”

“Right, sorry, Jenkins. I’ll feed her and give her some water,” Edmund replied.

“Good, and remember, I want to be the first person to fuck her. I paid more than everybody else, so I expect to be first.”