I walk through Maksim’s strip club like a ghost, under streaming red lights that flash in tune with the pounding music. The air smells potent with sweaty bodies and cheap perfume, a mixture of man and woman. Just how my master likes it. Everything I see moves through my mind’s eye in slow motion, my […]

“I love you, Blaire,” Charlie says softly against my mouth. “Now close your eyes, baby, and think of something nice.” I struggle to shake my head, refusing to close my eyes. I’m too frightened of the operation. I’m just not ready to die. For as long as I can, I battle the foggy anesthesia burning […]