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My chin jutted into the air “You mean women with class?”

He glared “I rateful for the opportunity Which it seems like you are So tellyou?”

I glared back at him “You know you didn’t” I allowed a little spite to enter estured beneath us at the bed “You seemed to be pleased with your choice”

His eyes were cold and calculating as a snake as he smiled back “So did you Is that why you volunteered to be a Belle? So you could be fucked rough and dirty like a slut? I bet if I reached between your legs right now you’d still be slick for ain”

“You wish, you son of a bitch”

A finger ca You will refer to me as Sir”

I laughed I couldn’t help it But really, he couldn’t actually be serious

But he wasn’t laughing… or even s

“I’,” he clarified “If we do this, we do this my way Otherwise, you can walk your pretty pink little ass on down the stairs and out the door”

“But,” I balked, “there’s no part of the rules that say I have to call you—”

“These are my rules And the rules say the Belle is to please her Initiate at all times”

For a second, my mouth just dropped open I heard about these Trials for years in whispers and ru like this “So what?” I asked “You just want me to be your round-the-clock slave?”

The honest to God truth is that I should have run as soon as I saw the gleeful light enter his eyes at my question

“That’s exactly what itan inch

“But—”

“No buts,” he cut me off

“That’s not fair!” I cried

He laughed at that, and it wasn’t a kind or happy laugh He just got close to rip, but it was firm

“You think life is fair, princess?” He shook his head, and his eyes had never been so dark “Well, that’s your first mistake You think it was fair that you were born with everything, and so? You think it’s fair all the other wo with passing these Trials more than you ever could, but I picked you anyway? You think it’s fair that people die of starvation and disease on this planet every single fucking day, but you literally eat with a silver spoon most days of your life?”

He’d been inching closer to rip “Wake up You’re about to get a crash course in fairness, princess Because life isn’t fucking fair”