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Chapter 8 - Tension and Temptations Rising
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2024-10-29 19:42:56To Amanda, the contact of their bodies, though brief, felt like acid and fire. Of the good and bad kind.
Bad - because she swore she felt like he was killing her with his touch. Bled and dried. Tortured and stolen of her essence.
Good - because she felt herself complete. Revived. Replenished of energy. Her nerve endings felt charged with a desirable electricity - an electricity that she could well be addicted too.
And because of these conflicts inside her, she realized that staying in the Vitalis Castle could be more dangerous than being chased by drug lords and loan sharks.
She needed to leave the place ASAP, but how will she explain this to Chief Moretti then?
She can’t say that the Master of the House just threatened to tie her up in the pillar. That’s just too embarrassing of a reason. She might have the Chief think they were experimenting BDSM.
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