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The Ritual Shantel Tessier 10830K 2023-08-28

“You okay?” he asks, reaching out and rubbing my stomach

I nod “Where are we?”

“My house”

I look over at hi at me intently “Yours?”

“Yeah I bought it a couple of years ago, but I never get to stay here I’ you here because I didn’t want to act it out at your apartive you a new environs you off into the woods I wanted you to use your iination to see where it would take you Give you control of where you thought you were going”

I sit up and place my hand on his shirt and notice he’s still dressed in his clothes “Thank you,” I tell hi that Matt refused to do Ryat just listened to ave me exactly that

He lifts my hand to his lips and kisses my knuckles “How do you feel?”

“Better,” I say truthfully

“Tellyou didn’t like about it?”

I blush, wishing he’d turn the lights off so he couldn’t see my face “No”

“Is it soain?”

I nod, biting my bottom lip nervously

He reaches out, pulling it free fro the pad of his thuain “What would you want done differently?”

“I don’t know”

“Blake” He sighs “I’ to do what you want, but you have to tell me what that is”