Total pages in book: 71
Estimated words: 67211 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 336(@200wpm)___ 269(@250wpm)___ 224(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 67211 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 336(@200wpm)___ 269(@250wpm)___ 224(@300wpm)
I stayed chaste until Chandra and when presented with the temptation of her submission, her excitement when I dominated her… I couldn’t say no. I fell headlong into my sadistic fantasies, and I found them even more addictive and tantalizing when I actually did them.
It was wrong, so wrong, and my conscience plagued me for defiling her.
Our break up was a mutual decision. She had a life to live. And I had to do the right thing.
I left the priesthood amidst shame and speculation, and I didn’t look back. I left a black mark on my past, a smear of shame and failure. I chose damnation.
I pull myself back to the present.
She looks even more beautiful than I remember. Wide, dark brown eyes framed with impossibly black lashes, striking and feminine. Beautiful, creamy dark skin that fairly glows with a faint tinge of pink along her high cheekbones. Full lips that are naturally pouty, even at rest, a delicate little chin. Her figure is fuller than when I knew her, and I want to run my hands along the curves at her hips, the fullness of her breasts, her taut, beautiful ass.
She’s nibbling her breakfast and sipping her juice, swinging her legs under the table like a little girl.
I reach for my phone and hit Tobias’ number because I need to fill him in and hell, I need something to distract me.
He answers on the third ring. “Axle?”
“Hey, man.”
“What’s up?”
I fill him in on almost all of the details. I’ll have to tell him about Chandra. He’ll see the security footage when he comes in anyway. But now isn’t the time.
“So it doesn’t look like we’ll be opening anytime soon,” he tells me. “The city’s ordered all non-essential business closed until further notice. Electricity’s out in certain zones, and there have been four casualties alone in NYC. The blizzard warning is still in effect. Main roads are shut down. They’re telling everyone but emergency personnel to stay off the roads.”
“Jesus,” I mutter.
“Do we still have power?”
“So far, yeah.”
“Good. If we lose power, the heat goes down, too.” He pauses. “So, man, one thing you need to know. I get all security feed routed to my home, too. For safety purposes. Nothing in the private rooms, as I’ve promised the long-term members. But the main areas are all under surveillance, and I keep an eye on things.”
I know what he’s seen, then. Hell, he could right at this very moment be watching me sit in this room with Chandra.
“So you know,” I say. He knows I’m not alone.
“Yeah. Something you want to talk to me about?”
I glance over at her. “Yeah,” I agree. “Can it wait until you’re here?”
“Of course,” he says.
I need to talk to him about more than Chandra, though. “I need you to go through that footage,” I tell him. “But let’s talk about that when you come in, too.”
He sobers. “Sure, man. Everything okay?”
I remember the black covering on the surveillance camera above the bar. “I’m not sure,” I tell him honestly. I want to know why that camera was covered and if it had anything to do with her being sick the night before.
I look at Chandra sipping her juice, and know I’ve got at least one long day ahead of me, maybe even several.
“Favor, though, man.”
“Yeah?”
“Can you keep the footage in the dungeon and bar area off while I’m here?” I don’t want him laying eyes on her at all. Chandra belongs to me, and I want to secret her away. Just for my own eyes. Chandra cuts her gaze to mine and they go wide, but when she catches me looking at her, she looks away.
“Already done,” he says.
“Much appreciated.”
I’m not going to do anything with her, but I don’t like the idea of us being under surveillance.
I hang up with Tobias and turn back to Chandra.
“What was that all about?” she asks. She wipes her mouth with a napkin and balls up her empty package.
“Checking in with Tobias,” I tell her. “We needed to go over a few things.”
“I see,” she says thoughtfully. The she leans back and closes her eyes. “I haven’t had something like that to eat in a good, long while.”
“Good,” I tell her. “That’s total shit.”
She opens one eye and peers at me. “The Noah I knew didn’t swear.” It isn’t chiding, but more like she’s confused.
I chuckle. “As if the Noah you knew was a moral man? No, Chandra. You misremember.”
But her burning gaze tells me that’s bullshit. She doesn’t misremember a damn thing.
Tearing her eyes away from mine, she shrugs, but she’s only feigning nonchalance. She feels this between us, the electric vibe of hunger and need that simmers beneath the surface, threatening to erupt.
“Well, anyway,” she mumbles, and her voice is a little shaky and husky. She leans back and closes her eyes. “Those tasted delicious.”