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2026-04-26 21:00:00I lay there, pinned to the sheets, my wrists and ankles burning against the cold metal of the cuffs. Andreas didn't move. He stayed kneeling over me, his shadow stretching across my chest and masking his features. The silence in the room was so thick it felt like I was breathing in dust. He reached into the leather bag again and pulled out a small, sleek vibrator. He didn't turn it on yet. He just tapped it against his palm, the rhythmic thud-thud-thud echoing in the quiet room.
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