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AWAKENING AND LUSTING

Author: JENNIFER REGINALD
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

For days, it was touch and go for Cassandra. Skirting through the edges of consciousness, she woke and saw her mother smiling down at her. She wanted to talk, she wanted to reach out and touch her mother's face but she couldn't. Her body was too limp to move. It was like that for days.

When she finally woke up, she saw a strange woman sitting by her bedside. The room was strange to her too and she tried to recall how she got there. The last thing she remembered was running out of the mansion, towards the gate.

"You are finally awake, sleeping beauty," Adella said casually, ignoring the confused look on Cassandra's face.

Cassandra tried to seat up but pain shot through her like a spare, she gave up and remained lying on the bed. Trying to talk, she realized her throat was too dry, she cleared it.

"Where am I?" she asked.

"In my room," the old woman answered, smiling for the first time. Cassandra almost sighed with relief at the thought that she was no longer in Eros' mansion. "To
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Debbie Newberry
Crazy You feel like you’re on a roller coaster, ride the ups, and the downs and ends and outs a lot going on
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pulldip1
How the under world is working is depressing, no repercussions for doing wrong, forced prostitution and pitting BDMS in a bad light. I
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Very exciting read, but emotionally draining
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