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"No" Her voice arm "That makes you human That makes you real That makes you as complicated and fucked up as everyone else on the planet Listen to me, Lola Think of this as your own personal sexual revolution I know you’re feeling guilty because you have the hots for another guy, even though you love Xavier But Xavier has been an asshole to you in the past, Lola If he truly loves you, then he’ll have to understand whatever is going on"
"I’m scared, Anna I wish you were here"
"I wish I was there as well I want to meet the man that can teit hard for ht"
"Wet panties will do that to you" Anna laughed and I groaned
"I have to go," I said hurriedly "Thank you for being you"
"Have a good time, Lola Remember that if you feel uncomfortable at any point, just leave If push coet you a ticket so you can co up the phone I took a deep breath and turned around and hurried back to theat me as if I were the last woman on Earth and it made me feel a thrill of power and sexuality that I’d never wanted to own before
We walked into a large roolass wall on the other side There were four otherCasper, and three other wo Violeta I wasn’t happy to see Violeta and Casper in the roo nonchalant I checked out the other faces in the roonize any of them from the parties I’d attended with Xavier previously
"Welcome, everyone My name is Charles I’m a member of the Dutch royal family and the inner circle of the Society of Brothers" The tallnose looked very pleased with himself and I couldn’t help but stare at the shed "I will go over the rules and place okay?" Xavier asked"What did Anna say?"
"She said to stay as long as I feel comfortable" I made a face at him "Honestly, I don’t know if I’m okay and I don’t know if I’m comfortable, but I want to do this for you You want to ht?"
"I do" He nodded solenore the feeling of warh ain," I said under my breath and I closedback into Stephan’s penetrating gaze I had no idea as going to happen next, but I kneas iven the circumstances
Chapter Eleven
Xavier
All’s fair in love and war they say I don’t know if I believe that anymore I don’t feel like I believe it My stomach is in knots as I stare at Lola, her face a mask of worry and excitement The worry I understand and, unfortunately, the excite with Stephan The pro her, but I know he’s doing it to rileit to make me lose focus They don’t want me in the inner circle Casper and Stephan are threatened by the changes I would make They don’t want the status quo to be different They don’t want to lose their authority and power And that’s exactly why I want in so badly I was o through with this Forit for me and I felt sick to my stomach It was amy soul to the devil to reach that end She looked so beautiful standing there next towho she was and what she had that she’d gotten lanced at Lola She was going to make it even rab Lola’s arrab her and tell her--command her--to leave with me, but as I stood there, I realized that a part of oing to choose A part ofto see as going to happen I didn’t know if that was stupid ofas a man who loved her For I was al It was only a little voice in the back of my head that ht her here if I loved her That was the voice I ignored That was the voice I didn’t want to hear No one questioned my motives Not even my subconscious
Chapter Twelve
Lola
"Can I have everyone’s attention, please?" Charles spoke up loudly, his voice sirls looking as timid as I felt, and Violeta stood there proud and coirls come up to me, please?" He waved us over to hiazed at htly anxious expression and I knew that he ondering if I was going to go ahead
"You don’t have to do this," he said softly as he stepped towards htly "If you’re not comfortable, we can leave"