The Price of Freedom “Why didn't you tell me you were a virgin? That you'd never had sex with Allister?” he asked with cold eyes and a bored voice. “Would it have changed anything? I even tried to talk on a few occasions, but something told me that your desire was beyond your ethics, and you wouldn't see that as an obstacle, nothing I told you... On the other hand, you might not believe me. You were so sure that I had already... lain with other men, that I wondered if in some of your dreams you'd seen that, and associated it with reality.” Adam looked at her sideways. “It wasn't in dreams. When my father showed us you in a photo as his new acquisition, I saw the innocence in your smile, and I asked him about your experiences, and he told me that you'd been having sex with men since you were thirteen...” “And would you have changed your mind if he'd told you the truth?” Anna asked, smiling, and not at all surprised by All's attitude, now that she knew what he really w
The cook entered the room a few minutes after Adam left, carrying a tray, which she placed next to her on the bed and left again. Anna picked up the toast and ate absent-mindedly, but before she had finished eating, the cook returned and entered the bathroom of her room. Anna heard the sound of water falling from the tap and frowned when the cook returned and stopped next to her. “Good morning, miss. The boss said I wasn't to talk to you until I'd finished carrying out his orders.” “You're very strict in your obedience...” “None of us has a better option than to be obedient to the boss's orders... I prepared your bath with that strange oil. Grace and I... uh... We call it repair oil, if the boss decided to sell this formula, he'd own the world for sure.” “Why do you call it repair oil?” “It restores the vaginal area, recomposing the broken vessels and giving you extra strength, since you're human and you've been given something by a... from a...” “From a werewolf. A
Anna realized that there were two cars behind and two in front of the one she was in. It was a convoy, as if she were some kind of rare jewel that had to be protected. They stopped in front of an old building, but for some unknown reason, Anna liked it. Someone handed her a sandwich, and Anna understood that this was to be her lunch and ate it quickly. She watched as men in black suits got out of the car behind and entered the building. They stayed for a few minutes and then came out with Jenna, who was downcast but still wearing a friendly smile. She got into the car with Anna and they drove off. “Are you all right?” Anna asked after a while. “Better now that I've been released.” She said calmly. “And you? How are you?” Anna looked straight ahead and her face turned red. She didn't want them to hear. Jenna noticed. “It's a bit late to worry about the werewolves' listening ears, Anna. You already know what they are and... You should also know that they can hear over
Anna looked at her golden hair with its curly red ends, bored. Adam must have believed that if she cut her hair, the red tips would disappear, but she had cut her hair a million times, and in less than a week, the curls would form again and turn red. She didn't understand this phenomenon and no longer cared about the mystery. She was even afraid to find out, after she learned that werewolves existed. The hairdresser was full of compliments, and she didn't want to hear her excited voice. She suspected she was a werewolf, as she seemed very close to Jenna. Last night, Jenna had promised to teach her how to tell the difference between humans and werewolves, and that was the only piece of information she thought was important. The manicurist finished painting her nails and asked Anna for her opinion. Anna looked angrily at her hand. He hadn't even allowed her to choose the color of her nail polish, but when she saw the pink polish and the well-cut nail, she thought it was beauti
Jenna listened in silence, her mouth hanging open in surprise. When Anna had finished relating her experience, Jenna put her hand on her shoulder and said very seriously. “Don't repeat this experience to anyone else. If the other women know... It'll be hard to protect you.” “Wasn't it like that with them?” Jenna wondered how much she could reveal to Anna. She knew that Adam had been looking for a reason to kill her, ever since she'd figured out how to block him from hearing her words, and she couldn't understand how, having found a good reason, he'd still let her go free. It was very suspicious, and she feared his true intentions. But she needed to be honest with Anna. “They report that there is no more satisfying orgasm, and that no man is capable of surpassing it, but he doesn't use gentleness. He's always very violent.” “I don't think Genevieve would mind...” “Genevieve can't be trusted. Not when it comes to the boss. She loves him.” “She knows he married me, a
“Would you like something to drink?” Adam's voice made her turn her eyes and thoughts to him. “Anything that will get me drunk quickly.” “Like father, like daughter.” Anna glared at him with anger, but also with shame. “You made me put on that costume, and come all this way to insult me? Couldn't you have done that at home?” “No. But I didn't come here to listen to your insults either!” “I'm not going to eat a raw pig's heart, or a pigeon's kidney, or anything else that animals like you are in the habit of eating. So I'll stay here and drink while you feed.” Anna said and in the blink of an eye, Adam was lifting her by the arm, standing her up and wrapping his arms around her waist, his face lowering inches from hers. Anna didn't dare to breathe, with fear, excitement and anger. She felt him groping her body and when her breathing quickened, he tore at her dress with his long, sharp fingernail, stared at her menacingly and ripped it from her body. Then he released An
“And that ring was hers too?” Anna asked, remembering the box she had picked up from the floor. “No. That ring, the dress and everything else I chose for you.” Anna stared at him intently. “You made me the leader of everyone around you. Why did you do that?” “Because you're my wife and you should be treated that way until you're not.” “Are we going to get divorced?” He stared at her thoughtfully for a while. “Is that what you want?” “Are you going to give me a million dollars and give me back my freedom after the divorce?” His eyes turned dark. “Either that, or I'll send you to the green house.” Anna leaned back in her chair and took the ring out of the box and slipped it on her finger. “I'd rather be your wife.” Adam smiled. “I can't think of anyone better for the job.” Anna turned her eyes to Adam. “Really? No one better than a fragile human and...” “Let's not fight, Anna. Let's enjoy dinner.” He said and the waiters approached with Anna's favo
Anna ran to her room. This couldn't be happening. She remembered Adam's words perfectly. He would kill the baby, and maybe her too. He rejected the idea of having a child with a human and she didn't want one from him either. She went into the bathroom of her bedroom and opened the drawers looking for something that even she didn't know what it could be, until she found a pair of scissors. She paused, staring at the scissors thoughtfully. What if she ended it all at that moment? She could kill herself. She looked at the bathtub and on an impulse, turned on the tap and stood in it, as if in a trance, watching the water fill the tub, while she held the scissors. Once the tub was full, she got into it, with the clothes she was wearing, slit her wrists, and after seeing the blood running down the bathroom floor, she sat down in the tub, closed her eyes, and went to sleep. Anna was awoken by jolts in her arm and looked startled at Jenna, who was smiling. “Adam needs to let you sle