[the vanishing of ALiCe LidDeLl]

TeLL mE, Are yoU rEadY tO PLaY THe GAME?

"What's keeping you from me, WEnDy"

Her breath hitched as he left small wet kisses down her neck. She wanted nothing more than to push him away but he had tied her hands to the table earlier.

Wendy struggled against her restraints, "You're a self-serving psychopath who lies to get whatever he wants."

His lips traveled up her neck to her earlobe as his skillfull hands went under her tight skirt and caressed her thighs.

"You wound me, WEnDy. I would nEvER lie to you or DeCieVE you."

Wendy's lip quivered. How could she have let herself be in this terrible perdicament? And this terrible physical position? What would her mother think of poor innocent Wendy, if she saw her daughter's legs on either side of this strange man's hips? Or if her mother saw his sinful hands lifting up her skirt, nearing the band of her underwear? Wendy couldn't bear the thought.

She swallowed, "That's exactly what you do." Wendy pulled at her restraints roughly, "And you don't care about who you hurt in the process."

He nipped the bottom of her earlobe slowly, "I would never hurt you, WEnDy."

"Is that what you told Alice, before you took her?"

Wendy leaned her head away from him only to see that awful seductive smirk of his.

"Is that it, my WEnDy? Is that what is keeping you from me?" He chuckled, "You think I have, Alice."

Wendy glared at the man, "I know you have her."

His head tilted back as the room filled with his melodic laughter.

"Such certainty." Suddenly there was a small twinkle of mischief in his eyes and his wicked smile was still plastered on his face. Wendy didn't know if she wanted slap him or kiss his perfect lips, and the fact that his hands were up her small tight skirt didn't help with her conflicting emotions.

"Certain enough to bet on it, perhaps?" He asked.

Wendy heard the voice of reason in her head. It was loud and clear, he was baiting her, daring her to say: Yes, I'm willing to bet on it. This is a trap; a trap he had set up just for her, no one else. Every instinct her body told her to say no, Alice was not worth whatever sinister thing he had planned for her. But if Alice was here, trapped... what type of person would Wendy be if she just abandoned her?

Human, thought Wendy, human. But then she thought: If I was stuck here I'd want someone to find me.

Wendy gave one more tug at her restraints. "Yes, I'm willing to bet on it."

His smirk widen, "Then let's make a deal." He reached his pointer finger under the band of her underwear let it snap gently against her skin.

Wendy shivered at the contact and her lip began to quiver again.

"I show you to wherever you believe, Alice is," he gripped her waist and pulled her closer to him. Wendy instinctively grabbed his broad shoulders as she gasped sharply, Wendy gulped, her hands weren't tied anymore. "and if she's not there then... you stay here with me."

The voice of reason was louder now, sharper and clearer. The voice kept telling her: Don't gamble with your freedom! It is an incredibly stupid thing to do!

"DeAL, mY loVeLY WEnDy?"

"Deal."

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