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She was sublime She was majestic She annihilated me

"Tess--" My lips wouldn’t move I wanted to tell her to snap out of whatever enactment she played I wanted to shake her, slap her, hit her until the old fire and thrill of pleasure and pain cao near her--not while she stayed so open and willing atfor her, snarling at the taste of fully owning her If I let myself touch her, it would be over She wouldn’t be ain

I was better than that Tess deserved more than that

I had to find a way to end all of this horror

I had to rewind time

"On your knees, esclave"

Tess slid to the floor, looking so fking beautiful in a sheer silver dress and no underwear Every bruise, every cut, every bite glowed beneath the fineto the carpet

Her disobedience drove hts Namely that she had none

"Your only purpose is to please me Open that pretty little ood little slave She wore no collar but the brand on her neck glittered silver with per

Mine

My hands landed on her head as my ck slid into her mouth Deeper, deeper, harder, harder

She whi down her chin as I used her

The need to co my quads I threw Tess to the floor, and a whip appeared in low red

"I won’t Don’t make me," Tess pleaded She fell silent as I struck her

And struck her

"I’ you didn’t want You did this You ave yourself to a ain

I jolted awake

Launching upright, I glared around the opulent suite My hand disappeared under the pillow for the HK P2000 hidden there Franco wasn’t the only one who carried concealed weapons

Heart revving, eyes darting, I flicked the safety off ready to fking eradicate any bastard who dared coht peeked through the black-out curtains, no trickle of illumination anywhere

The dream echoed behindmy violence with the beauty of a slave who’d been to hell and back She lived only to make a devil happy

My mouth was dry, but e of Tess’s th; I still felt her drea

Fuck

I wanted to tear out usting inside Maybe if I purged et rid of the nastiness

Redemption

I needed to find so to beco Quincy Mercer II--true born son of Quincy Mercer, the raping bastard

Shaking my head, I forced atory

Soht into killer and protector I had to stay vigilant just in case one of the many assles I’d dealt with had come for me--and they would I knew the underworld they existed in; retribution would be on its way In a way the waiting orse I wanted it over with--so I could kill

My hands twitched, gripping the gun harder, training it on shadowy corners of the room

"No Please--"

My heart skipped as Tess seized besideon her upper lip Even in the darkness Ithe soft curves of her body

Her

She’d woken me

I should’ve known--it was hardly a new occurrence Her voicefantasy with reality Her pleas had been real, but not for ness to give me what I needed, and twisted it with how she was now She would never say no to me I learned that the hard way

Her lies had confused the shit out of--but ultimately it was all on me

Me, the cocksucker who didn’t deserve her

My back went rigid as she squirmed Her obvious distress sickened me, yet in s

I hadn’t cared she didn’t want me I loved that she didn’t I loved the non-consent

I’hed too raine had broken thanks to the brief sleep, but the dregs lived inmy brain with tiny needles At least my body punished me I’d earned the pain

Tess Goddauilt

You burned her You alun onto theMy hands disappeared into s

Her body jolted but she stayed deep asleep--too trapped by her night there was a trespasser in the night--I would raine pulsed, gathering power noake A fresh wave of sickness spread its nausea-inducing fingers uparound uts out for what I’d done