Total pages in book: 84
Estimated words: 81292 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 406(@200wpm)___ 325(@250wpm)___ 271(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81292 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 406(@200wpm)___ 325(@250wpm)___ 271(@300wpm)
The vet had suggested she might have been roaming wild.
He’d taken some blood and started them on some antibiotics and treatments.
“I wonder how long she was out there,” Glory said. “She looks like a young dog herself.”
Milah agreed.
Damon hadn’t called on her last night. They did have their agreement, and she would honor it.
He hadn’t killed the dogs.
James was inside the room, and she smiled at him. The mother had wandered over to him and sat at his feet.
“We’re going to have to name them,” Milah said. She had the little girl she had found first in her lap.
“Yes, we are,” Glory said.
“Damon will not keep them in the house,” James said. “There are kennels outside.”
“Dogs shouldn’t be kept outside. It’s way too cold, and these are so cute.”
“And they’re going to grow up to be big.”
“Can you seriously not look at the girl at your feet?” Milah asked. “See the way she looks at you.”
James glanced down and cleared his throat. The mother dog was staring adoringly up at him. “I do not need a dog.”
“But they are so easy to love.” She kissed the pup’s head. “And this one, I’m going to call Snowy.”
Glory chuckled. “Sounds appropriate.”
“Where is Damon?” she asked, wanting to go see him.
“He is in his room,” James said.
Milah looked toward Glory, who smiled at her.
“I … I am going to go and see him. They’ve had their medicine and feed for the night,” Milah said. They were staying in her room, at her insistence.
“I’ll stay a little longer,” Glory said. “If that is all right?”
“Yes, of course.” Milah realized she didn’t have the authority to say yes or no and looked at James.
“It is fine. I will stay also.”
She reluctantly got to her feet and left the pups. There was another guard outside that she didn’t recognize.
Damon had changed his men once again. She realized he did it regularly. It was all part of his protection so no one would be able to find a weak spot.
Maybe that was his weak spot. The constantly changing men. Even as she thought it, she didn’t entirely know how. Not that it would matter. She had made a deal with him, and she wouldn’t back away.
She would keep her word, even if it meant sleeping with Damon.
Arriving at his room, she lifted her hand to knock and hesitated. What should she do? She had lied about not being a virgin. Did he think she was a woman who knew what she was doing?
Drawing her wrist back, she forced herself to continue, even though sex wasn’t something she knew anything about.
Damon asked who it was.
“It’s me,” she said, calling out to be heard and wincing at how weak she sounded. Clearing her throat, she repeated the words and hoped there was something firm in her voice. She didn’t want him to know that she was terrified.
“Come in.”
She stepped forward, not daring to glance back at the guard.
After opening the door, she slid inside and closed it.
Damon sat on the edge of his bed, staring right at her.
“Hi,” she said.
Could that have been any more awkward?
He chuckled. “How are the dogs?”
“They’re fine. I think. Mommy dog has taken a shine to James. He’s playing hard to get right now.” She was babbling.
“And now you’re here,” he said. “To keep your end of the bargain.”
“I will keep my word.” She clenched her hands into fists, trying to show she wasn’t afraid. Being in a room with him wasn’t so scary. It was easy.
Damon chuckled. “I’m going to ask you again.” He stood up and stepped toward her. “Are you a virgin?”
One moment he was by the bed, the next, he was in front of her, making her nervous. “Why do you want to know?” She tilted her head back to look at him.
“Because I want to know if I can go fast or slow.”
“Why does it matter?” she asked.
Damon pressed her against the door. “And I have my answer.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“A woman who has felt a cock deep inside her for the first time would know why going slow would be best.”
“I’m not a virgin.”
“I think naughty, lying women should be punished.”
She gasped as his body pressed against hers. His body was so much bigger and harder than hers. Milah felt the hardness of his cock as he rested against her stomach.
“Do you know what I do to lying women?” he asked.
“Kill them?” It certainly put a dampener on her arousal.
“No. I put them over my knee and smack their plump ass. Now, I will ask you one more time. Are you a virgin?”
She wanted to lie, but the idea of having her ass smacked didn’t appeal. Pain wasn’t something she sought. “Yes,” she said.
Damon pulled away, just far enough to look into her eyes. “Good girl.”