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Torelli smiles. This time, it actually reaches his eyes.

“Aurelian Law Enforcement might bring in a fake pleasure slave – just to make them look like they’d gone Rogue. However, they wouldn’t fuck her – especially not with people watching.”

Ha! I can see where this is going.

Torelli reaches down slowly – and, for a second, I think he's going to have a change of heart, and press the button beneath his desk. If he did that, those automatically aimed guns would turn us all into mincemeat.

Instead, he presses on his comms-link instead.

"Giovanni. Prepare the stage. The Aurelians are going to put on a little show.”

I clench my fists, but I keep my emotions in check. We’re now facing an impossible choice between blood, violence, and dishonor.

When we came to The Rhino tonight, I’d had no idea we’d be going up against an Aurelian. He wants us to know who the Top Dog is around here…

…and he’s not going to let us out alive if we don’t fuck Allie in front of him, and the rest of the patrons of this establishment.

But I can’t do that to my unwilling mate…

Allie has made her distrust of us clear. She’s told us what she needs from us to prove our allegiance to her. Even then, we all sense her clear distrust of us.

So, we can’t do this.

No – instead we’ll fight, and bleed, and die if that’s what is necessary to preserve her honor.