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Gaslight
Date: 10/10/2015, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: lucywild, Rating: 5, Source: LushStories
take you?” I described the house and she beckoned the steamcrate pilot, handing him a small leather bag that jangled. “There’s another bag like that if you take us back to where you just came from.” The pilot seemed reluctant but two more bags of money and we were airborne, flying back over the town. “What did he do to you?” she asked, having to raise her voice to make herself heard over the sounds of the engine. “I cannot say in detail,” I replied. “It is too embarrassing.” “I must know. Did he enter you?” I nodded, feeling my cheeks flushing with embarrassment. I was confused. At the time it had felt so right but now beside Evelyn, it seemed sordid, not just illegal but also immoral. I refused to answer anymore of her questions but my silence told her everything she needed to know. We landed in the walled garden and she stormed up to the house, leaving me to trot after her. Inside David was still asleep on the floor so she kicked him in the side, pulling the fusegun out as she did so. “No!” I cried, lunging for it as she flicked off the safety. David woke up and blinked up at the two of us, realising what was happening in seconds. He reached up and grabbed the barrel of the gun before Evelyn could stop him, yanking it free and twisting it in his hands until it faced the two of us. “This was your plan all along?” he asked, glancing from me to Evelyn. “Fuck me then kill me?” He began to squeeze the trigger as Evelyn grabbed my hand. “Run!” she screamed, yanking me away just ...