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Oscar grinned "I’ent as hell I’d watch her if I were you"

The secrets she was hiding once again filled me with annoyance

My back tensed "Watch her why?" Suspicion rose Maybe they had talked behind my back My hands clenched

"Because the quiet ones are always one step ahead of you They have everything all figured out while keeping an entire lifetiained a wistful look, re someone from his past perhaps "The quiet ones run deep, and no matter how much you think you know theht No ave me all of herself She remained aloof,kept in the dark

I wanted sunlight and answers and truth

I wanted to know everything

I’d been truthful; it was ti courtesy My eyes scanned the fighting floor one last ti"

Oscar nodded "Thought youback, I stalked away and headed toward my bedroom My heart puhts full of fists and bruises--conteonfly

"Hello"

Myin the apparition on ry, blood thirsty needs headed rapidly south My cock tightened, thickened, hardened

Bare skin Bare breasts Bare everything

My feet moved forward, compelled toward the wo in here?" My voice was gruff and gravel fro lust unravelling inforward another step

Zel never took her e princess in the al Her long, dark hair cascaded over her shoulders, teasingshe as the silver barbell through her right nipple and her star necklace The chain I’d ned bracelets My eyes narrowed, searching for the ain, pissed off she’d removed it I put it on her--I ht to take it off without er wantedtoward the warht beside the bed "Why did you take it off?" And why are you here? She should be in bed with her daughter, barricaded by a door, so I couldn’t hurt either of theher on her knees "I took it off It’s not h I’d come to the same conclusion, it didn’t sit ith ainst my will--just like all those days in Russia I shookbound and owned"

Zel dropped her head, soft locks drifting over her face "Tonight will be the last ti a breath, she mur sideways, she gathered a length of chain fros I couldn’t see where she’d pried the links undone, but I stood transfixed as she crawled on her hands and knees toward entle clink ofin my muscles She cast a spell overbound, but I kneould say yes Whatever power I had was useless against this woman

Myon her heels "I’ve seen your back and chest so you don’t have to hide anymore You let Clara touch you It’s only fair to letto stroke you and touch every inch I’ to take you and show you how to loveto accept no for an answer"

Her throat worked as she sed hard, hinting at the fear she kept locked away

The tension in the roos with need "And if I don’t agree?"

She shrugged, drawing et what you want"

"And what do I want?"

"Happiness"

She couldn’t have toppled ered for and the one thing I didn’t think I’d ever achieve Even with her and Clara, it still felt fleeting--as if I’d wake up oneand find it’d all been a drearief

Despite all that, I litter of sadness in her eyes My sto fro tofor you to tellknow"

She shook her head, hair whispering over perfect skin "There is sos, actually And I proht" Her eyes captured ht is for us For you For our future" Passion resonated in her voice, drawingme until all I saas her

I didn’t know I e of the bed I nodded, allowing her oneshallowly, Zelwith her sweet, exotic scent Herover my lips "I want to kiss you, but I need to tie you first I don’t want to run the risk of what happened before"