Terry slowly trailed his hand up the length of my thigh. He stopped at the meatiest point, just beneath my hip and squeezed. I wanted to bolt from the table. I wanted to elbow him in the ribs or kick at his shins. All I could actually do was sit very still and try not to draw attention from the
Terry narrowed his eyes a small margin. Julian had put him in a corner now. It would seem almost cruel to deny Piper, especially with Julian himself defending her. “Hurry back,” Terry said, voice silky smooth for the watching cameras. “I will,” I promised, a blatant lie, and hurried away from th
“It’s fine,” I said. “I got away before anything truly bad happened.” At his insistence, I then proceeded to explain exactly what Terry had done. “He tried to touch you,” Nicholas growled. “He did touch you.” “I left before anything could happen. I got myself out of that situation.” After clea
Susie, apparently thrilled with the distraction, leaned forward to eat her cheesecake. After the first bite, Terry stopped her by raising his napkin. “My dear, you have a touch of chocolate syrup right here…” He tabbed the napkin to the corner of her mouth. Susie went still as a statue. I moved,
Susie was naïve to believe that Terry would take her on this private tour and not try to fool around with her. And, knowing her, she would likely be too shy and meek to properly defend herself from him. I couldn’t let that happen. I couldn’t let her put herself in that position to start with. Te
Terry laughed again. “Piper, did you truly believe that once I brought you to this room, I would ever give you the chance to leave it?” “I can’t stay here.” He pressed himself against my back. I felt his growing hardness along my backside. In my ear, he whispered cruelly, “You don’t have a cho
Nicholas’s wolf eyes looked at me for only a moment, before turning to Terry. A growl erupted from the back of his throat. Then, all at once, he tore forward, pounced, and knocked Terry away from me and down onto the ground. Julian, in human form, burst into the room behind Nicholas. He rushed to
When we returned to the palace, Nicholas pulled the car into the garage. As he turned off the engine, he said, “I’ll walk you back to your room.” The words shot a volt of life through me. “No.” He looked at me. “No?” Fear in my eyes, I returned his gaze. “I can’t let Elva see me like this.”