>>17788419>MEANWHILE. . . in the present timeline"W-What are y-you going to do to m-me...?"
The Phantom Rapist, in the flesh, gingerly leans into the lass. He kisses her collarbone, trailing kisses all the way up to her neck and then her ear.
"Shhhh....Just let it happen. Don't be such a tease.."
"P-Please... Please let me go! I-I won't tell anyone, I swear, y-your secret is safe with me!" she pleads, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Can't, you're just so beautiful...I want to take you away from your life, I want to take you away from all of this, we can go buy a house out in the pasture... Maybe even have a kid together... It'd be..."
The lass pulls the break on the waterworks as she looks up at the cloaked crook, "W-What? W-What would it be?"
The Phantom Rapist removes his cloak and ditches his hat, revealing his true identity in full form.
"It would be...wicked awesome..."
Tierno slyly nods at the reader for a bit of fourth wall action, "It's me. I was the Phantom Rapist."