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Prologue
“I have decided, pet, it is selfish of me to keep you to myself” Julian smiled at Isla in a way that made her skin crawl What did he mean? Dare she ask? She opened her mouth, but he forestalled her in a simple effective er curled inside her lips She s snuff was a horrible, archaic, disgusting habit Julian had cultivated It made her want to sneeze and throw up in equal measures
“Now, pet, be careful You knohat happens when ets above herself Remember I knohat’s best”
Did he? Lately Isla had begun to doubt that Surely his “I know best, do as I say attitude” could be tempered at tih”? Why did he know best? And why for fuck’s sake did he call her pet? Oh, she knew a lot of Doms used the affectionate sobriquet, but from Julian it sounded false As if he had decided he needed to sound Doht that was the way She could have told him it didn’t If she dared
Good lord, what had she beco, couldn’t stand up for herself mouse
“Isla, are you listening?”
Argh, she’d tuned out Not very sub like Maybe she wasn’t sub material after all? “Sorry”
The tap to her cunt was short, sharp, and hurt “Listen now I’ve said I’ to keep you to myself I will share you with my friends,”
You what?
Had she heard that right? “Say that again” In her shock she forgot the “Sir”
His eyes narrowed “Don’t be disrespectful Whoever I decide can have you However I decide You heard and earned a punishive it You are for all of us”
Harry Thurston? He was renowned as a sadist
“No”
Julian appeared flabbergasted She was a bit gobsmacked herself Where had that come from?
“What do you mean no?” He snarled the words
“No, I won’t”
“You will or—”
“No and no or nothing It’s over” Isla heard herself and wanted to high five It was “No h I quit”
His eyes narrowed “You go, and it’s forever, pet Hoill you cope, eh? No Sir to protect you, show you where you are going wrong You’ll soon co back”
She grinned, confident now that he was not what she needed
“I’ll e very well”
“With that re to?” He pointed at her ankle where he’d insisted she have his name tattooed