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don’t know the answer to that, but I see no choice. She seems impressionable, guidable.” His focus flicked toward the glass doors.
    “You think she’s submissive enough for you to do that? I mean I know you’re dominant Klaus. Hell, do I know that. But this? It’s not BDSM.”
    “No. Submission is a consensual thing. Dominance though, has possibilities. I can do things; see who she is deep down. Though I find it hard to imagine ever trusting her. But I’d rather try this, than be jailed for something I barely see as my fault, or to leave my life, my country, or you.” He brushed his fingers through my hair, cradled my face.
    “Oh, Klaus.” I sniffled back more of those dumbass tears.
    “Jodie, this has ripped a huge hole in our lives. We cannot be the same after this. I can’t tell if this is me rising to the occasion, or descending into Hell. If I could take back what was done tonight, to you, I’d sacrifice myself to whatever fucking god I could find, but I can’t.
    “Two wrongs don’t make a right, but I want to make a better wrong—one where we can live and laugh and love again.”
    I drew in a breath so deep, then put my free hand to my mouth, and held that breath for a while. Time to jump off this cliff. Though really, I’d been on my way down all night. I hoped we figured out how to fly very soon.
    I let my hand fall away. “Yes. My answer is yes.”
    “Good. Now, rest. You’ve been through a lot. Rest, beautiful.”
    Rest? “Hell is going to turn into a ski resort first.”
    “
Shhh
. Don’t be a bad girl. Rest.”
    I grunted in amusement at the hint of his normal dommy self.
    Of all the things he’d said and done, oddly, that gave me hope.
    “Just remember this for me, please? That I never wanted to be the bad guy.”
    “Man.” I rolled my eyes, even if he couldn’t see. “You never were and never ever will be. You’re my hero.”
    “Rest.”
    “I am!”
    “
Shh
.”
    It grew cooler but with Klaus cuddling me, I would have stayed until my ass went completely numb. Besides, the island in autumn was balmy, even at night. Half an hour or so later, all the sounds of cleaning had stopped and we heard Steph in the corridor, approaching the room behind us.
    “It’s time.” He stood and helped me rise to my feet.
    “How are you going to do this?” I murmured.
    “Jodie, just stay back and keep out of my way. You’ll see.”
    Pity surged in me—pity for Steph. I knew just how fast Klaus could move. How strong he was. She wouldn’t have a chance. “Don’t be too hard on her, will you?”
    “What?” A puzzled expression appeared. “I will be as hard on her as necessary. You are something special, Jodie. Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky.”
    “Meh.” I shrugged. Strangely, I also feared for him. When did anything ever go off without mistakes? Maybe after tonight, nothing would scare me again? If only. I dug my nails into my palm. He’d be okay.
    Soon, we’d have a prisoner in our basement. Damn.
    I was going to make an effort to become Stephanie’s friend again. It was for the best—forgive, forget. I could do that. What she’d done, yeah, forgivable, probably, with time. Klaus could be the big meanie.
    If one of us didn’t befriend her, she was going to fall apart.
    After Klaus said we needed to clean Melissa’s car, we girls trooped down the stairs to the closed-in garage where Melissa had parked her silver Mazda sedan. Trying not to think of what we planned to do with her, when Steph was finished, occupied me. I pretended to be fascinated by the BMW next to this one, and wandered around it. Klaus arrived a minute or two later with the rope and handcuffs.
    Eyebrow raised skeptically, Steph swung the vacuum cleaner and wiggled the hose end toward the cuffs. “Hmm?”
    “You need to decide how you want us to leave you,” he said casually. “Tied up so you can do a convincing attempt at getting free by yourself, or not.”
    “Ahh.” She seemed convinced and