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“Glad to hear it Let’s begin”

They hadn’t yet? Frouessed not Her tummy knotted “I’m ready, Sirs”

“Stand up, love,” Liam instructed

Raine did, biting her lip as she watched them walk toward the tall wooden cross

“Strip and come to us, precious,” Hammer ordered “You can leave the socks on if you’d like”

Questions swirled through her brain They’d centered this task around communication, so she would have to talk That probably ive them some painful truths before they rewarded her with their touch

Shoving down her tinges of disquiet, Raine dropped the blanket and pulled at the silky ribbon tying the baby-doll together just under her breasts The sheer fabric parted She shrugged it off her shoulders, letting it caress her arms before it pooled on the floor Cool air brushed her nipples A quiver of anticipation sailed up her spine Her thong turned da it aside She’d warh to ditch the socks Not an inch of her rery, Liam’s and Hammer’s hot stares scraped over her flesh

The sense of her utter nudity filled her,her aware of every breath, every heartbeat, every step as she crossed the room

Neither said a word as Liaainst the cool, glossy cross It towered over her The wooden slabs intersected beneath her shoulder blades

She trembled as Hammer bent to the box on the floor and pulled four fleece-lined cuffs free He tossed two of them to Lia the, slender carbiner clips to her cuffs before aligning her with the cross and securing her to the lowest eyebolts She had to stretch her legs a bit wide to reach

Lia”

Raine frowned up at him “Hey, I’m over five feet tall, thank you”

Haers down the sensitive flesh under her arm “By a whole quarter of an inch”

She huffed “Half inch—and it’s an important half inch”

“That it is” Liam brushed a kiss over her lips “I hope to have the chance to feel every inch of you again”