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My take on Chapter 17 (bathtub scene) of King's Cage.
"“I’m busy,” he whispers.
“You didn’t have to let me in.” But I know there’s no way he would ever deny me. Even standing here, completely surrendered to captivity, manacles tight on my wrists, I knew that I held some power over him, however small. I was still alive after all, and that had to count for something.
“Yes, I did,” he says.
This thing we have, he and I, it’s an unescapable mess. “What do you need?”
You, I think, but I’m not stupid enough to say it, not yet at least. Instead, I lie. "