I Prefer a Slow-Paced Romance
She trembled in fear.
“How… do you intend to do that?”
She immediately regretted her words.
Titus sneered and nibbled at her ear. When he noticed her trembling, he said, “You’ll know soon.”
…
Titus brought Carol back to Riverbank International, but he did not bring her upstairs. Instead, he brought her to the dark basement and turned on the lights. Even so, the place remained ghastly. When she looked up, she saw all sorts of abstract paintings: Crying women, bleeding lips, hands with severed thumbs, crying eyes…