by Erin R Flynn
“Of course she did,” he snapped, flinching and looking at the woman when her heart raced. “Any woman I take to my bed enjoys it.”
“You didn’t bring her to your bed,” I drawled. “And she didn’t even orgasm. You didn’t give it like a treat, right? You only give good girls orgasms like they’re yours to give. I can give myself orgasms, thanks. I don’t need a man to give them to me, control me like I’m an animal. You treat her like I’ve seen people who have well trained dogs except the dog enjoys the attention they get from doing the tricks and it’s bonding time.
“She wants no part of you, and as I’ve heard you say many times already, you don’t like it when people say no to you. It’s not allowed, right? So it’s not a stretch to think that most just do what you want and wait for it to be over. What do they get? I mean, how does this end?” I glanced at her, but she was looking anywhere but at either of us, not even having moved an inch as if hoping not to be noticed.
“I made her. She is one of mine,” he explained. “They get nothing. I bed them until I get bored and then it’s over. Most move, as it’s never fun to be the ex-lover and watch as I take another lover.” His eyes went wide as her heart raced.
“Please don’t,” she whispered to me. “Please.”
“I’m sorry, but I’ve got people to protect and he wants this from me,” I told her gently. “Tell him the truth. He won’t punish you, he gave his word.”
“What did I say that wasn’t accurate?” Dubois demanded. “Answer me.”
She moved around me and knelt at his feet, lowering her head, shaking. “Most know being your sex slave is the price paid for you turning a woman into a vampire of your bloodline. For however long you stay interested with the fledgling, they are in your favor and untouchable as they find their way into this society. You give lavish gifts to the women and a bonus when you finish with them and allow them to go wherever they want.”
“You haven’t tamed anyone, Dubois,” I said when he was quiet a few minutes, absorbing the bombshell. “You bought them. You tell them what you want and just like a good prostitute, they react how you want, do what you want, and when it’s over, they have the cash and power of coming from your bloodline.”
“Stop,” he snapped and grabbed her chin, making her look at him. “You enjoy it. You orgasm and…” He trailed off when tears filled her eyes and she shook even more. “You have never?”
“No,” she rasped. “Most think it’s not allowed. You never give it in your instructions or care for our pleasure.”
I worried when the rage filled his eyes, stepping over to her and making her stand. I kissed her and fed her power, making her orgasm right there for him to see. I turned her so her back was against my chest, holding her up as I smirked at him. “How long has she been with you, and yet I made her orgasm first?”
Oh, I was so going to smack my siren later about making trouble, but she promised me she knew what she was doing. Men like him wanted the hunt because they knew deep down they would win even if they wanted the adrenaline rush from hunting; their egos believed they would win. And if I was a fight and something he couldn’t conquer, he would lose interest.
I hoped she was right.
“Two years,” he bit out. “Leave us. Pack your things, and I will do as I normally do. You are free, and I will give you the bonus.”
“Thank you for your understanding and mercy, Councilman,” she whispered, bowing deeply before bolting out of there and back into the adjoining room.
“Get out,” he ordered me, which my siren did not like.
In a flash he was back on that chair and I was straddling his lap, snarling in his face. “Who are you to order me around? You think women are beneath you, Enzo. That is the root of your problem, and yet all of them have been playing you. You should fucking thank me for showing you the truth instead of letting the line of women who will undoubtedly laugh about you behind your back continue.”
“They would not dare,” he seethed.
I smirked at him. “I would. I would absolutely go home and the next time I shared a drink with my best friend, laugh as I told the story of you getting all hot and bothered while inside of me and my being glad when the time was up. That is absolutely what women do. It’s the running gag that men can’t find the right spot or women rolling their eyes that men aren’t as good as they think they are and vibrators do it better.”
He stood, keeping me in the same spot and bringing me over to the bed. “I could more than please you.”
“No, you couldn’t,” I assured him, batting his hands away when he went to undress me. “I’m not your dog. I don’t want a treat orgasm when you decide it because you think you own them and me. I want no part of that bullshit, and a man who feels that way, acts like that with women is boring and has something wrong with their head. If people want to play, or that’s how they roll, fine, they both agree then, but you aren’t like that.”
He opened his mouth but then closed it, something like hurt and pain flashing in his eyes before he rolled off of me. “Thank you for coming by and settling our agreement. I wish you a safe journey home and all my best.”
“Thank you,” I muttered, knowing it wasn’t the time to push him.
Mostly because I didn’t kick someone while they were down.
I got the hell out of there, giving a wave to a confused Apollo when he saw me in the foyer. And then I was gone, leaving Dubois and his crazy behind me.
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