Our little secret[m]

Crescendo growled and shoved her away from him and to the floor, breathing heavily. He put a paw on her junction to keep her still and cause even more pain, then with a claw began to trace yet another, final symbol on her exposed stomach, pressing down harder and harder on the paw that held her still while he did so. This symbol looked a bit like a wide open eye. I'm watching you, it meant. And he was. If he had his way, she would be here forever, at his mercy. And she would learn to love him.