Maki laughed lightly. “Ooh, should I be jealous?”
“Never, love.”
“Hello, Maki,” Devin said, walking up to the desk.
“Devin, how are you?” Anna could hear the smile in her tone.
“Better than I was. I have to go out of town this weekend.”
“I heard about the bill. That’s not the way it was supposed to go, is it?”
“No. But I’ll deal with it.”
Trenton caressed Anna’s pussy and slipped a finger inside. She was still bent over his desk and she arched towards him. She buried her face in her hands to keep silent.
“Is Anna still there? I don't hear her.”
“She’s trying very hard to be quiet, love, and I’m making it very difficult for her.”
Maki laughed again. “Lucky girl, Anna. Devin, we need to get together again soon. I haven’t had the pleasure of tasting Anna in a long while. Is she still as sweet, Trent?”
Trenton knelt down and licked at Anna’s pussy. “Oh, yes,” he said, and licked her again.
Anna gasped in surprise and pleasure. She desperately tried not to moan, but one escaped anyways at Trenton’s insistent tongue.
“Let me hear you, Anna,” Maki said. “You make the most beautiful sounds when you come.”
Anna looked up at Devin and he nodded. She allowed a soft moan as Trenton sucked on her clit. “Oh!” she cried. Knowing Maki was listening turned her on even more. She mewed and moaned as Trenton sucked and lapped gently at her pussy and then kept her cries as quiet as she could as another orgasm exploded in her body.
Devin petted her hair. “Good girl, Anna.”
She panted, her sweat-damp forehead pressed against the desk as Trenton continued to kiss her pussy.
“How was that, love?” he asked between kisses.
The sound of panting and moaning came through the phone and then Maki cried out loudly as she came, but how, Anna didn’t know.
“I think she liked it,” Devin commented with a smile. “Was that by yourself or with your assistant?”
“Myself. Brady’s gone to lunch. I was hoping for some phone sex,” she giggled. “Thank you, Trent.”
“Always my pleasure.”
“So, Devin,” Maki said, and Anna could picture her composing herself behind a desk somewhere. ‘What is your schedule like? I want a turn to play with Anna.”
Devin laughed. “We’re leaving Friday afternoon, so either before or after that.”
“Tonight?” she asked.
“I love your eagerness, Maki,” Devin said. He glanced at Trenton, who was still teasing Anna with his tongue. Trenton nodded. “Sounds good. Your place or mine? Anna’s living with me now.”
“How wonderful. Either is fine. Discuss it with Trent and let me know.”
“Sounds good. I think he’s having lunch without me.”
“Lucky man. I will see you all tonight.”
The call ended and Devin looked at Trenton. “Care to join us for lunch?”
Trenton gave Anna’s wet pussy one last kiss. “Sure.”
“I’m going to lunch, Hailey,” Trenton said as the three of them walked out of his office a few minutes later. Anna felt a little weak-kneed.
“Yes, Mr. Needham.” She narrowed her eyes slightly at Anna, making Anna wonder if she had heard anything.
Devin put his arm around Anna and the three of them walked to the elevator. “How about Shea’s?”
“Devin, I’m not exactly dressed for that place.” Anna had been to the upscale restaurant a few times and knew a certain level of dress was expected.
He looked her up and down. “Hmm. Yes. You need to keep a change of clothes in your car for situations like this.”
“I will from now on. I promise.” She looked up at him earnestly.
“I know you will,” he smiled.
“But if you two want to go without me, it’s okay. I can grab a sandwich on the way back to the studio. I don’t want to ruin your lunch”
Devin was quiet as they stepped into the elevator. “You probably need to get back to rehearsal soon as well?”
Anna glanced at her watch and nodded. “I’m sorry, Devin.”
He kissed her head. “It’s all right. You helped me feel better. I can let you go. But make sure you eat.”
“I will.”
They exited into the lobby.
“I’ll call you and give you the details about tonight,” Devin said as he kissed Anna goodbye.
*****
“Why the change of attitude?” Trent asked as the two men walked out the front door of the office building.
“It makes her happy.”
Trenton arched a brow. “You care about making her happy now?”
Devin shrugged. “It’s a means to an end. When I told her I wouldn’t have Wilhelm killed, she literally kissed my feet and was incredibly obedient the rest of the night. Kaveh pointed out that, if I treat her right, she might become my willing sacrifice.”
“You’re going to kill her?” Trent exclaimed a little too loudly.
Devin frowned. “Of course not. The child, you dumbass.”
Trent sighed in relief. “You scared me for a minute. You’ve put so much work into her.”
“And I need her. No. You’ve seen how happy she is. By just...being nice to her, she’s willing to do anything. I suppose there is something to be said about a happy slave. And I only have to do it....” He sighed, “...until the bonding ceremony. God, can I last that long?”
“Is it really that difficult to keep her happy? She glowed when you told her she was a good girl after I fucked her.”
“No, I suppose not. But if she starts getting demanding it will be.”
“She’s not that type, Devin, and you know it. She wants to please you. It’s written all over her face.”
Devin sighed again. “Yeah. I can always apologize if I use her too hard like I did today. I just bent her over my table and fucked her like there was no tomorrow. I think she was terrified that she had done something to upset me. I just needed some release.”
“See? It’s not that hard.” Trent grinned as he opened the door to the restaurant. “Being nice to her won’t ruin your reputation. It might actually help it.”
Devin walked in the door and looked back at his friend. “It needs helping?”
Trent shrugged. “You can do whatever you want. But you might find you actually like the girl.”
Devin frowned. Anna was a slave and nothing more. A conduit for his powers. But she wasn’t unpleasant to have around. “Maybe.”
Chapter Fifty-Five
Anna saw that Devin had left a message and listened to it during break. “Hey, Baby. Trent and Maki are coming to our house tonight, so be ready for them when I get home. I’ll be bringing Trent from the office. Be downstairs in the living room in something sexy. See you then.”
Our house? Anna thought, as she put the phone down. The thought made her feel funny. She wasn’t sure if it was good or bad. It made her smile, albeit nervously. She still wasn’t sure about his new attitude, but she did like it.
She smiled to herself as she returned to the back of the studio for the beginning of the dance.
“Something made you happy,” Justin said looking curious.
“Oh...just...a message.”
“Your new boyfriend?”
Justin had been trying to figure out her relationship status in a roundabout way, though it didn’t seem that he wanted to date her. He was just...curious.
Anna shook her head. “Not a boyfriend.”
Justin grinned. “Why are you so secretive about this guy?”
Anna flushed. Why was she secretive about Devin? It’s not like Justin wouldn’t figure it out when opening night came around; Devin was a well-known figure in the city.
Was she ashamed of Devin? No, that wasn’t right. It seemed okay to have a boyfriend. But to be a mistress? It seemed...antiquated. Wouldn’t he be just a lover? But, she would be his lover, but he
wasn’t necessarily her lover, though she was...oh, it was so confusing!
She was his slave, but she couldn’t say that. Slavery wasn’t a real thing in today’s world, even though it was. But the girls at the Manor were slaves. They had no identification, they didn’t exist to the outside world. Anna was a slave because Devin took her. There was no escaping, no changing her life. There had been a chance with Alex...but he was gone.
She looked down at her wedding ring. Alex.
Justin reached out and touched her hand. “Hey, I’m not trying to judge you or anything. I’m just trying to get to know you.”
Anna looked up at him. His gray eyes were sincere and looked sad for her. She gave him a small smile. “Do you know who Devin Andersen is?” She didn’t know if he’d been here long enough to know who he was.
“Who doesn’t?”
“He’s...the one I...spend time with.” Somehow just coming out and saying she was his mistress seemed weird.
Justin nodded. “Ah.” He tilted his head. “Isn’t he old?”
Anna shrugged. “I think he’s in his mid-forties.”
“How old are you?”
“Twenty-four.”
“Guys your own age aren’t interesting enough?”
“I was with Peter for over a year,” she pointed out, a bit defensively.
“And then you jump into a relationship with one of the richest men in the city?”
Anna opened her mouth but didn’t know how to respond to that. “I’ve known Devin my whole life,” she finally said.
Justin raised his eyebrows in shock. “That doesn’t make it sound any better.”
Anna looked back down at her ring and didn’t respond. It wasn’t like she had a choice, and he was unlikely to understand that. Fortunately, Isaak came in at that moment and she didn’t have to continue the conversation. She tried not to feel awkward and deliberately pushed Justin’s comments to the back of her mind.
When they were done with rehearsing, Justin sat next to Anna as she hurried to get her pointe shoes off.
“I wasn’t trying to make you feel bad, Anna.”
She looked at him skeptically but didn’t say anything. Her ribbon was knotted and being stubborn.
“You’re just a really sweet, pretty girl and I don't get why you’re...I dunno. You seemed really happy with Peter. It sucks he had to move away.”
“Yeah,” she mumbled.
“But then you jump into...whatever...with Andersen?” He shook his head. “It’s okay to be single for a while, ya know. Play the field or something.”
Anna stared at him for a long minute. He genuinely felt bad for her.
“Travis doesn’t think very highly of him,” he added.
Anna shrugged. What could she say? Travis knew what Devin did to her.
“Did he give you that?”
Anna looked up and saw him looking at her ring that she was fidgeting with. She hadn’t even realized she was doing it. She blinked back tears. “No,” she said softly. “It’s my wedding ring.”
Justin stared. “You’re married?”
“Was,” she said just as softly. “He died almost four years ago.”
“I’m sorry. I think I remember people talking about that.”
Her knot finally gave way. “I kinda lost my mental capabilities after that.” She pulled her shoes off and put them in her bag.
“How long were you married?”
“Three months...well, not even.” She stood up and slipped her flip-flops on. “I need to go. I’ll see you tomorrow.” She felt him watching her as she walked away.
*****
Anna looked at herself in the mirror before she went downstairs to wait for Devin when he came home from work. She was wearing a short, dark-green dress that flared around her hips. Thong, garter and stockings, push-up bra and heels completed the outfit. She hoped Devin would be pleased. The clock on the vanity said it was almost six so she made her way downstairs to the living room. Looking around, she contemplated how she should present herself. Kneeling would probably be the safest course of action, but where?
She settled onto her heels by the door just as she heard male voices in the stairway. Hands on thighs, head down, she waited for the men to appear. Devin took two steps into the room and looked around. Trenton sat down on one of the couches.
“There’s my girl,” Devin said in a pleased tone.
Anna relaxed just a bit.
“Let me see you.”
She stood carefully and looked straight ahead as he examined her. He didn’t say anything, but walked out of the room. Anna blinked rapidly. She had displeased him. She had tried so hard, and she had displeased him. She lowered her head so Trenton wouldn’t see her eyes watering. She wanted to fidget, but was determined to stay still. Nothing else to displease her Master.
Devin returned a few minutes later and stood in front of her. “Anna,” he said softly.
She looked up cautiously and was surprised to see him smiling at her. “Did I displease you, Master?” she asked softly.
“No. Not in the least.”
He held up a silver-colored chain with a pendent. Her Elder-Mistress necklace! She looked up into his eyes in shock. “Master?”
He walked behind her. “Hold up your hair,” he said softly. She did so and he clasped the necklace around her neck and then kissed her neck at the clasp. “I am very proud of you, Baby. You deserve this back.”
She hadn’t worn this since Wilhelm had been banished. She reached up to touch it softly. “Thank you, Master,” she said and then swallowed. She had pleased him!
He turned her around and traced the circle. “My Mistress,” he said quietly and kissed her. He pulled her close and her hands slid over his shoulders.
Chapter Fifty-Six
“Turn over, Anna.”
Anna turned over onto her stomach, still half-asleep. She had been sleeping hard, but woke at Devin’s voice. He stretched out on top of her and pressed his cock inside her.
Anna moaned softly as he moved inside her. He held her hands above her head and his body was heavy above her.
“You were a naughty girl last night, Anna,” he murmured in her ear.
Anna’s eyes snapped open and she was wide awake. What had she done? “I’m sorry Master,” she whimpered.
He thrust in deeply and Anna stiffened and cried out as she felt the pinch inside her body. Devin had extended his spikes. She kept her breathing shallow and froze. He didn’t move either.
He sucked on her neck, but kept still. “Do I belong to you, or do you belong to me?”
“I belong to you, Master.”
“I know what you were doing when you made Maki come last night. After we’d finished fucking.”
Anna swallowed nervously and tried desperately to remember what happened the previous evening. Her memories were fuzzy from the drugs, but she had a vague remembrance of feeling possessive of Devin’s cum inside Maki’s pussy. Yes, Devin had fucked Maki and Anna had not liked the idea of Devin leaving any part of himself inside the other woman, so she had eaten the cum out of Maki’s pussy without his permission.
“I do not belong to you, Anna. I can stick my cock in whatever woman I damn well please. I can come inside of any fucking woman I want. Do you understand?” His voice was soft but insistent.
“Yes, Master,” she whimpered.
“You took what didn’t belong to you, Anna. That’s a very bad girl.” He moved a fraction of an inch and Anna cried out in pain. “You were aggressive when I hadn’t told you to be.” He moved again and tears began running down her cheeks.
“I’m sorry, Master! I’m sorry!”
Devin retracted his spikes. “I don’t want to punish you, Anna,” he said quietly. “I want things to be good between us.” He began moving slowly, which felt good except for the cuts that he rubbed against. “Give me your pain, Anna.”
Anna closed her eyes and concentrated. He rubbed the sore area and she cried.
His movements increase
d. “Give it to me, Anna!” he demanded.
She tried. She tried so hard, but it wouldn’t work. She arched her back and screamed in pain and frustration.
“Give it to me!” Devin yelled, pushing up away from her and pressing her wrists down deeper into the mattress and bruising them as he squeezed. He thrust hard over and over again. Anna’s body jerked with his movements. Finally, she felt something tingle within the pain and the next moment her mind and body exploded into tiny shards. She screamed in painful ecstasy as Devin drove himself deeper and deeper inside her. He gave a last hard thrust and screamed out above her.
Anna panted as she lay with her face buried in the sheets below her. Devin had collapsed on top of her and the weight of his body made it hard to breath. He didn’t move and she wondered for a second if he was asleep. But just as she worried she would pass out from lack of oxygen, he groaned and rolled to his side.
He looked at her and brushed her hair back away from her face. She turned to look at him, her face still wet from tears. “I’m sorry, Master,” she whispered, unable to keep a frightened quiver from her voice.
Devin pulled her close. “You took your punishment well, Baby. All is forgiven.”
She rested her head on his chest and wanted to go back to sleep, but knew she had to get up and get to the studio. “I’ll do better next time, Master. I promise.”
“I know, Baby. I know.”
Anna didn’t notice the bruises until she got into the car. Her pussy hurt too. She wasn’t bleeding but the cuts Devin had given her hadn’t healed yet. Stupid, stupid girl! She always ended up doing something wrong and making Devin punish her. No matter her resolve, she always failed.
*****
Anna plopped down on the floor next to Travis. He immediately saw the bruises on her arms.
Travis frowned at her. “What happened?”
“Devin had to punish me,” she said quietly.
Travis let out a low growl and muttered something about “fucking bastard.”
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