A Merciful Cut

“N… no… please… don’t hurt me.” Tears poured from her wide eyes, hot and fast, soaking directly into the mattress beneath her head. Her delicate chin quivered with the force of her terror.

“I don’t have a choice.” His gruff, heavy voice sliced right through her fragile heart, leaving a raw, gaping wound in its wake.

She stared up at his imposing figure hovering above her. Her mind spun with the