As the two shafts pulled away, the pulley apparatus lowered, and Laney slumped limply to the floor. Her arms and shoulders ached so dearly that she couldn’t lift them on her own.
From the sidelines, Erik felt his wife’s vacant loveliness mold his desires. The black void where his heart had been filling with the scenes of mastery and dominion all week. But seeing her now, the darkest picture of his desire had been realized.
The cellar room emptied within minutes of the last scene ending. Seeing all there was to see, the guests moved upstairs to the comfort of the estate’s plush living room. Only Darius and Essex remained with the spent trio; even Gina split with the others—her use for Laney was over and what happened next in this sub’s pitiful life didn’t matter. Gina got her satisfactio
