Chapters tagged objectification

by Levantin

Chapter 116

She pulled me up, but before I could reach for the fabric on the floorboards, she shoved my hands aside with an abrupt, dismissive motion. "Not so fast," she said softly. "You haven't earned a damn thing yet." I stood stark naked in the middle of the room, knees weak, cold shiv...

by Levantin

Chapter 119

Nadja looked down at me for another lingering beat. A slow, sated smile spread across her features—the expression of someone who had enjoyed an amusing piece of theater and now decided the performance was over for the day. Picking her handbag up from the sofa, she smoothed her d...

by Levantin

Chapter 120

The first pale light of Saturday filtered through the cracks in the curtains, slicing in a dull grey across the bedroom. Waking up was no gentle drifting toward consciousness, but an abrupt collision with the physical reality of my body. The moment I opened my eyes, the skin of...

by Levantin

Chapter 121

The hours leading up to the evening dragged like thick tar. Loona had positioned me precisely where looking away was an impossibility: two meters from the heavy front door, dead center on the hallway floorboards. Upright on my knees, hands laced behind my back, head held high....

by Levantin

Chapter 122

I remained lying there for a single heartbeat, tasting the bitter leather on my tongue, and then pushed myself slowly forward on hands and knees, following the two women into the dim light of the room. The heavy door to the hallway remained half open behind me. In the living roo...