“Iwantyoney。Whatdoyouwantetodo”
“YouknohatIwant。”Hegrabbedhershoulderandpulledhertowardsthebed。
“Wait；”Sandersaidhastily。Shegavehiaresignedlookandthennoddedcurtly。Shetookoffherrucksackandleatherjacketwiththerivetsandlookedaround。Sheputherjacketonthechair；setherrucksackontheroundtable；andtookseveralhesitantstepstothebed。Thensheped；asifshehadcoldfeet。Bjurancaecloser。
“Wait；”shesaidonceore；inatoneasiftosaythatshewastryingtotalksenseintohi。“IdontwanttohavetosuckyourdickeverytieIneedoney。”
TheexpressiononBjuransfacesuddenlychanged。Hesppedherhard。Sanderopenedhereyeswide；butbeforeshecouldreact；hegrabbedherbytheshoulderandthrewherontothebed。Theviolencecaughtherbysurprise。Whenshetriedtotuover；hepressedherdownonthebedandstraddledher。
Likethetiebefore；shewasnoatchforhiintersofphysicalstrength。Heronlychanceoffightingbackwasifshecouldhurthibyscratchinghiseyesorusingsoesortofweapon。Butherpnnedscenariohadalreadygoohell。Shit；shethoughtwhenherippedoffherTshirt。Sherealisedwithterrifyingcritythatshewasoutofherdepth。
Sheheardhiopenthedresserdraweexttothebedandcaughtthecnkingsoundofetal。Atfirstshedidnotunderstandwhatwashappening；thenshesawthehandcuffsclosearoundherwrist。Hepulledupherar；pcedthehandcuffsaroundoneofthebedposts；andlockedherotherhand。Itdidnottakehilonulloffherbootsandjeans。Thenhetookoffherknickersandheldtheinhishand。
“Youhavetoleatotruste；Lisbeth；”hesaid。“Igoingtoteachyouhowthisgrownupgaeispyed。Ifyoudonttreatewell；youhavetobepunished。Whenyourenicetoe；wellbefriends。”
Hesatastrideheragain。
“Soyoudontlikeanalsex；”hesaid。
Sanderopenedherouthtoscrea。Hegrabbedherhairandstuffedtheknickersinherouth。Shefelthiputtingsoethingaroundherankles；spreadherlegsapartandtiethesothatshewaslyingtherepletelyvulnerable。SheheardhiovingaroundtheroobutshecouldnotseethroughtheTshirtaroundherface。Ittookhiseveralinutes。Shecouldhardlybreathe。Thenshefeltanexcruciatingpainasheforcedsoethingupheranus。
CeciliaVangerstillhadarulethatBlokvistwasnottostayallnight。Soetieafter2：00intheoinghebegantodresswhilesheynakedonthebed；silingathi。
“Ilikeyou；Mikael。Ilikeyourpany。”
“Ilikeyoutoo。”
Shepulledhibacktothebedandtookofftheshirthehadjustputon。Hestayedforoneorehour。
WhenterhepassedbyVangershouse；hewassurehesawoneofthecurtainsshiftupstairs。
Sanderwasalloweutonherclothes。Itwas4：00onSaturdayoing。Shepickedupherleatherjacketandrucksackandhobbledtothefrontdoor；wherehewaswaitingforher；showeredandneatlydressed。Hegaveherachequefor2；500kronor。
“Illdriveyouhoe；”hesaid；andopenedthedoor。
Shecrossedthethreshold；outoftheapartent；andtuedtofacehi。Herbodylookedfragileandherfacewasswollenfrocrying；andhealostrecoiledwhenheethereyes。Neverinhislifehadheseensuchnaked；soulderinghatred。Sanderlookedjustasderangedashercaseindicated。
“No；”shesaid；soquietlythathebarelyheardtheword。“Icangethoeonyown。”
Heputahandonhershoulder。
“Areyousure”
Shenodded。Hisgriponhershouldertightened。
“Reeberwhatweagreed。YoullebackherenextSaturday。”
Shenoddedagain。Cowed。Helethergo。
CHAPTER14
Saturday；March8–Monday；March17
Sanderspenttheweekinbedwithpaininherabdoen；bleedingfroherrectu；andlessvisiblewoundsthatwouldtakelongertoheal。Whatshehadgohroughwasverydifferentfrothefirstrapeinhisoffice；itwasnolongeraatterofcoercionanddegradation。Thiswassysteaticbrutality。
SherealiseduchtootethatshehadutterlyisjudgedBjuran。
Shehadassuedhewasonapowertripandlikedtodoinate；notthathewasanalloutsadist。Hehadkeptherinhandcuffshalfthenight。Severaltiesshebelievedheeanttokillher；andatonepointhehadpressedapillowoverherfaceuntilshethoughtshewasgoinassout。
Shedidnotcry。
Apartfrothetearsofpurephysicalpainsheshednotasingletear。WhenshelefttheapartentsheadeherwaywithdifficultytothetaxistandatOdenpn。Withdifficultysheclibedthestairstoherownapartent。Sheshoweredandwipedthebloodfrohergenitals。ThenshedrankapintofwaterwithtwoRohypnondstubledtoherbedandpulledtheduvetoverherhead。
ShewokeupatiddayonSunday；eptyofthoughtsandwithconstantpaininherhead；usclesandabdoen。Shegotup；dranktwogssesofkefir；andateanapple。Thenshetooktwooresleepingpillsandwentbacktobed。
ShedidnotfeellikegettingupuntilTuesday。ShewentoutandboughtabigboxofBillysPanPizza；stucktwooftheintheicrowave；andfilledatheroswithcoffee。ShespentthatnightontheInter；readingarticlesandthesesonthepsychopathologyofsadis。
ShefoundonearticlepublishedbyawoensgroupintheUnitedStatesinwhichtheauthorciedthatthesadistchosehis“retionships”withalostintuitiveprecision；thesadistsbestvictiwastheonewhovoluntarilywenttohibecauseshedidnotthinkshehadanychoice。Thesadistspecialisedinpeoplewhowereinapositionofdependence。
AdvokatBjuranhadchosenherasavicti。
Thattoldhersoethingaboutthewayshewasviewedbyotherpeople。
OnFriday；aweekafterthesecondrape；shewalkedfroherapartenttoatattooparlourintheHostulldistrict。Shehadadeanappointent；andtherewerenoothercustoersintheshop。Theowneodded；recognisingher。
Shechoseasiplelittletattoodepictinganarrowbandandaskedtohaveitputonherankle。Shepointed。
“Theskinisverythinthere。Itsgoingtohurtalot；”saidthetattooartist。
“ThatsOK；”Sandersaid；takingoffherjeansandputtingherlegup。
“OK；aband。Youalreadyhaveloadsoftattoos。Areyousureyouwantanotherone”
“Itsareinder。”
BlokvistleftthecaféwhenSusanneclosedat2：00onSaturdayafteoon。Hehadspenttheoingtypinguphisnotesinhisi。HewalkedtoKonsuandboughtsoefoodandcigarettesbeforehewenthoe。Hehaddiscoveredfriedsausagewithpotatoesandbeetsadishhehadneverbeenfondofbutforsoereasonitseeedperfectlysuitedtoacabininthecountry。
Ataround7：00intheeveninghestoodbythekitchenwindow；thinking。CeciliaVangerhadnotcalled。Hehadrunintoherthatafteoonwhenshewasbuyingbreadatthecafé；butshehadbeenlostinherownthoughts。Itdidnotseelikelythatshewouldcallthisevening。HegncedatthelittleTVthathealostneverused。InsteadhesatatthekitchenbenchandopenedaysterybySueGrafton。
SanderretuedattheagreedupontietoBjuransapartentnearOdenpn。Heletherinwithapolite；welingsile。
“Andhowareyoudoingtoday；dearLisbeth”
Shedidnotreply。Heputanararoundhershoulder。
“Isupposeitwasabitroughsttie；”hesaid。“Youlookedalittlesubdued。”
Shegavehiacrookedsileandhefeltasuddenpangofuncertainty。Thisgirlisnotallthere。Ihavetoreeberthat。Hewonderedifshewouldearound。
“Shallwegointothebedroo”Sandersaid。
Ontheotherhand；sheaybewithit。TodayIlltakeiteasyonher。Builduphertrust。Hehadalreadyputoutthehandcuffsonthechestofdrawers。ItwasnotuntiltheyreachedthebedthatBjuranrealisedthatsoethingwasaiss。
Shewastheoneleadinghitothebed；nottheotherwayaround。Hepedandgaveherapuzzledlookwhenshepulledsoethingoutofherjacketpocketwhichhethoughtwasaobiletelephone。Thenhesawhereyes。
“Saygoodnight；”shesaid。
Sheshovedthetaserintohisleftarpitandfiredoff75；000volts。Whenhislegsbegantogivewaysheputhershoulderagainsthiandusedallherstrengtushhidownontothebed。
CeciliaVangerfeltalittletipsy。ShehaddecidednottotelephoneBlokvist。Theirretionshiphaddevelopedintoaridiculousbedroofarce；inwhichBlokvisthadtotiptoearoundtryingtogettoherhouseunn船说