[she knows it's not actually his legal property well enough, but he had offered for her to stay there with him, before his capture. to escape the replica of her former confinement and uncomfortable cot. but it's the principle of the matter most of all. letting them know how hopelessly desperate she is apart from him. that she'll keep returning to his cottage, night after night, putting up a fight she'll inevitably lose. it's good to establish a predictable pattern. it's good to let them get comfortable with how to subdue her, struggle just enough so they believe this is all she's capable of.
it's a far more effective manner of tricking them when it's authentic. when she's playing right into what she imagines Number 2 wants to see. she hopes he's gloating to her husband about it.
but it does pain her to see Tayrey's reaction to her treatment that she's purposefully provoking, because she knows how much the Lieutenant has wanted to avoid playing this game. and winces when the younger woman is hit, fingernails piercing into her palms, wanting so badly to break all of the goon's fingers for daring to touch her. but Ava becomes more compliant after that, letting them know that seeing another hurt is indeed an effective way of getting her to shut up and behave the rest of the way back. she casts Tayrey an apologetic glance once they're separated.
she gets dumped back into her cramped room with the door slammed shut behind, and lays out on floor for the rest of the night, still bound. she doesn't sleep well. she never does. she's too exhausted to even cry about it at this point.]
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it's a far more effective manner of tricking them when it's authentic. when she's playing right into what she imagines Number 2 wants to see. she hopes he's gloating to her husband about it.
but it does pain her to see Tayrey's reaction to her treatment that she's purposefully provoking, because she knows how much the Lieutenant has wanted to avoid playing this game. and winces when the younger woman is hit, fingernails piercing into her palms, wanting so badly to break all of the goon's fingers for daring to touch her. but Ava becomes more compliant after that, letting them know that seeing another hurt is indeed an effective way of getting her to shut up and behave the rest of the way back. she casts Tayrey an apologetic glance once they're separated.
she gets dumped back into her cramped room with the door slammed shut behind, and lays out on floor for the rest of the night, still bound. she doesn't sleep well. she never does. she's too exhausted to even cry about it at this point.]