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He opened the door and led her inside a kind of sitting room

"Oh, fk"

Everywhere Eleanor looked, she saw fire Tall taper candles, all alight, covered every horizontal surface--tabletops,ledges--and a few dozen sat on the floor in ornate silver holders So dazzled by the scene before her, Eleanor hardly noticed the four other people in the roosley introduced her to the but a white button-down shirt Next was Baptiste, dark skinned and handsome, who had some kind of sexy accent--not quite French, but close Then anotherbecause Blaise now stood naked in the center of the roosley picked up a candle as Blaise lay on the floor on a large wooden board Everyone in the room followed suit Soon everyone, herself included, held a candle in their hands

Blaise raised her arsley

"Happy birthday, ma fille" He knelt at her side, bent to kiss her and as soon as the kiss broke, he poured candle wax onto the center of her chest

Blaise winced in agony Eleanor winced in syhed and applauded Music played Wine flowed And one by one every guest took their turn dripping candle wax onto Blaise’s naked body Everyone but her

"Co her forward

"I don’t even know her," Eleanor said in a whisper

"This will sley inclined his head toward Blaise on the floor He was daring her to burn Blaise, and she knew it Kingsley stood on the opposite side of Blaise, s at her "You know you want to"

"Peer pressure? Really, King?"

"We’re all doing it," he said, his tone teasing, his eyes serious And then she kneasn’t a dare, it was a test And since she wanted to pass this test, she burned her

Blaise gasped as hot wax landed on her inner thighs

Eleanor brought the candle to her ave her a wink and she sat off to the side to watch the show Soon Blaise’s wrists were locked with hardening wax to the wooden board and then her ankles Once her entire body was coated in the wax, Baptiste blew out his candle and inserted it inside Blaise’s vagina Eleanor watched, breathless, as he fked her with it Blaise closed her eyes and sley leaned over her body and kissed Baptiste long and deep

Eleanor stood up and nearly ran to the balcony door She threw it open, stepped onto the balcony and shut the door behind her

She stood there in the winter cold, sing lungfuls of ice

"You left too soon," Kingsley said She’d been panting so hard she hadn’t even heard the door open

"I needed some air"

"Tooin there?"

"Not scared"

"Aroused?"

She laughed