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"You will not fight to the death," Lily proclaie each other until only one of you is left standing It is she ill earn the right to bed the vampire"

And when that winner tired of him, she could pass hi Zane’s hu season had never bothered Nola before, but it bothered her now

Leave After Nola’s own experience with the gods’ cruel contest, she had no desire to watch another For Zane, however, she would watch And she would wish

Every fe assuht pause before Kreja said, "You in"

Iainstin every direction Seconds bled into an collapsing, cries of pain echoing, one pink-haired feh the

Over Done

Nola wanted to vomit

"And so we have a winner," Kreja decreed proudly She motioned to Zane with a wave of her hand "Claim your prize, beloved Know that we are pleased with the strength and tenacity you have demonstrated this day"

As the fee Perhaps in fear

I’m so sorry, vah she knew there was nothing she could do to stop as to come

CHAPTER TWO

THE FEMALE WAS GOING TO KILL HIM, Zane thought dazedly, dispassionately

She’d won hiht for him--one day? Two? Weak as he was, he’d lost track of time All he kneas that she’d tried multiple times to bed hiiven it to her

Denying her had delighted him Still did

Noo of those wretched A down at his naked body If he hadn’t been half-starved and teetering on the brink of total collapse, those stares would have sent hi looked at astouched

He’d spent too many centuries as the demon queen’s whore, hers to use, hers to hurt And hurt him she had

Many times, she’d forced him to drop to his knees and "worship" her with his mouth Many times, she had forced hi her body Again, with his mouth Many times, she had forced him to do the same to others while she watched

But the worst… He shuddered, hating to remember But just then, his memories were all he had They filled hi him bite by rancid bite She’d blindfolded him and bound him to her bed He had not knoho kissed and touched him Male, female Demon, another slave He hadn’t known

He hated, hated that there were people in Atlantis who knew of his huation He hated that those people had seen hiht him to climax in terrible ways, yet he did not knoho they were

Bile rose from his stomach into his throat Demon whore That’s what he was, all he would ever be Demon whore, demon whore He squeezed his eyes shut He wanted to cover his ears, but could not His arms were tied, true, but even if he had been free, he was too weak to s? And he had Allowed them He could have walked away at any time Yet he hadn’t

All for the love of a woman A slave, as he was supposed to be now Marina, that detestable queen, had prorew tired of hirown tired of hiun to hate him as a result For all he knew, she could have been forced to watch him with the queen

Demon whore

Yet still he’d stayed, determined to finally win his prize His Cassandra If he couldn’t have her as a mate, he’d at least wanted her to be happy And as he well knew, no one could be happy without freedom

But then, his actions hadn’t , had done the ith to do--and drained the deht to earn back her love However necessary After all, everything he had done had been for her Every hated touch, every blinded session Only, she’d fled him For another man

Demon whore