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Sidonie pushed herself up so she could meet his eyes "Were you born that way?" she asked, her eyes full of a co her reaction "I was sold when I was five"
"Sold How canby who to decide if he’d answer truthfully or not "My father," he said sihtly, her soft breasts crushed against his chest
"It was a long ti his hand down her back, feeling the need to comfort her, despite the fact that it was his story
"But stillWhat about your mother? Where was she?"
"You have a lot of questions"
"And you’re avoiding the answer," she said, but then caught her breath "NeverIt’s a bad habit It coative reporter and all I’ll be quiet now"
Aden continued to rub his hand idly up and down the elegant curve of her spine What would she think if he told her about histhe whore for his father over caring for her own child Would Sidonie hate histo sense his reluctance, or maybe his indecision, she crawled up onto his chest and propped her chin on her hands, so she could smile into his eyes "What about the tattoo on your back?" she asked, changing the subject for hi when he saw her wince in anticipation of another spanking, catching the relief on her face when he only rubbed her firm little butt cheek fondly
"The back tattoo is mine It’s a phoenix and all it represents"
"Why do it on your back? Is that significant?"
"I offended a wealthy man once, when I was still a slave That particular ht back His preferred victi women I objectedforcefully to his torture of soaveet an erection, a fact that I’m certain disappointed him But there are other ways to humiliate a man, and there was always the whip
"He had free use of hts I received no h water and bread to keep me alive and able to feel pain My enitals, but ed it took weeks to recover And even then, the scars were so numerous and so thick that I was in constant pain even after I healed"
Tears shone in her eyes, but she sed hard and said, "Butthere aren’t any scars now" She touched her fingers to the back of his shoulder where he knew the tip of one wing could be seen
"When I becaan to heal It took time, but eventually they vanished coot the tattoo to make a point My body is mine, and no one else’s"
"What a bitch," she muttered, presuly"
Aden smiled in fond remembrance of Zaahira’s death But that was a story for another time "I do believe Zaahira--she wasNot because she cared about me, you understand, but because I was unable to fuck her other clients while I recovered, and even thenit was never the same Any pleasure I’d taken in the seduction of rich wo but a slave, no matter whom I fucked"
She frowned in concentration "Wait You said you were unable to fuck clients, that means--"
"Itfor her reaction "A whore, just like er they hid, daring her to judge him for his past But, of course, she didn’t Sidonie didn’t judge people on the actions of others She rescued theht, why it was ie to see it done"
He nodded slightly
She ran a soft finger down over his shoulder, to his ar the black line of his slave band "I didn’t know vaht your bodies repaired everything"
"It works as long as we mix our own blood with the ink It takes considerable skill and patience Kage is ht? With all the piercings?"
She indicated her left eyebrohere Kage wore a titaniuh Sid had no way of knowing that
Aden nodded in response to her question "Kage is the youngest ofby huuy for some time for all the vamps in Lucas’s territory anted tats, but he’s o Lucas will just have to find his own artist now"
"I alanted a tattoo, but I never got up the nerve"