BEAUTIFUL CAGE ❤️‍🩹 A BITTER TRUTH

""You want to run away, kitten?" he asked, his voice frighteningly calm. "Tell me... you wanted to get away from me?"

"N-no... p-please. I-I'm sorry." She clasped her trembling hands together.

His eyes were filled with a rage that made her blood run cold. She curled into herself, burying her face between her knees, desperately trying to make herself smaller.

He caught her by the ankle and dragged her toward him.

She screamed.

Her eyes widened when she saw the glowing iron rod in his hand. Every breath caught in her throat as terror consumed her.

"I-I'll never do it again! Please... leave me! Please forgive me this once!"

He slowly raised the rod.

Her scream tore through the room.

And then-

silence.

He lowered it without a word, his expression unreadable.

"Remember this fear, kitten," he whispered coldly. "The next time you think about running from me... remember exactly why you should never try."