Chapter 184: Strangle (1/2)
”You tried to strangle me! I think that is considered as an attempt to murder.”
”I knew what I was doing. You needed to calm down and were in need of a sedative. I improvised with what I had.” He offered me an unconvincing shrug.
”Calm me down by strangling me?” I hissed, controlling my rising voice. ”I could have died!” I seethed. The images were clear in my head, my body, pale and lifeless, lying alone in an open casket. The funeral was commencing, but there was not a single person attending. It was a sad thought that I pushed into the darkest corners of my mind.
”Yes, I calmed you down. A near-death experience is known to make a person concentrate on better things than trivial emotions. If you have not noticed yet, you are calm and don't want to kill me.”
”You would not have died,” he assured me. I was not assured.
”How can you be so sure?” I argued, leaning forward, the strength returning to my limbs.
”I have enough experience in induced strangulation to know when to stop.” I narrowed my eyes at him. ”Strangulation is a common kink, Mia. A lot of my partners enjoyed being held down and used.” His eye flickered towards Daisy before meeting mine again. ”The lack of oxygen in your brain can cause you to create an alternate consciousness. It also produces a euphoric sense which is quite addictive.”
”I would have thought that you gained your experience by strangling people you interrogated. You seemed to enjoy torturing people if I remember correctly,” I sneered, not willing to lose the opportunity.
”I do have experience with asphyxiating people at interrogations, but I usually just try to scare them. And I will retort that subtle jab of yours at a later date.”
”No, I want to hear you now!” I demanded. Damn it if I had to wait for the explanation.
”Not in front of her,” he said sternly, but in his eyes, I saw a sort of vulnerability that I had never seen before.
”Oh, she knows everything already. Probably even better than me-”
”So, you should be asking her all the questions. You don't fucking need me to tell you why I did what I did, Mia,” he snapped.