Say It With Your Teeth - Part Two
In his hands, Compliance felt a lot like edging.
The beep of the keycard reader sliced through the kitchen’s near silence, the sound sharp enough to make me jolt. My eyes flicked from the slow, steady brew of my coffee to watch the door swing open, my breath tight. Not him. Jesus, I needed to get a grip. Okay, maybe I was paranoid. Definitely jumpy. Hungover too, thanks to the cheap whiskey still burning behind my eyes like regret. Sleep-deprived enough to feel it in my...