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“Then what is that wristband for?”

FUCK. I forgot to remove my wristband.She knows.

“Okay fine. I went upstairs for a little bit. What’s the big deal?”

“You didn’t meet up with D—”

“No, I’m not an idiot,” I say, cutting her off quickly.

“What did you do up there then? I won’t tell.”

She is grinning from ear to ear, wanting me to share everything with her.

“It’s private, Astra,” I tease.

She rolls her eyes at me, knowing I’m not sharing anything with her out in public like this. You never know who is watching… or listening.

“As soon as we get back, your ass is telling me everything.”

* * *

After we left the club, I was still feeling high from the adrenaline rush, so I told Astra everything. Well… almost everything.You’re still hiding something.I told her I went upstairs and read all the room plaques, and then I went into the Voyeur room. I told her I got onto the platform by myself and put on a show. I didn’t go into detail because she wouldn’t have cared to know how I did it. She just wanted to know what I did.

I left out the part where I met that man and he gave me a card. I didn’t want her to know that part.Why did you leave out the stranger?

All I know is that she didn’t judge me. She listened and giggled. She likes who I am becoming.Because you are becoming like her.She made me promise that I wouldn’t go back for a while, though. She doesn’t want me to get addicted to the rush.You already are addicted. You need more. You need it to feel alive.

I also feel like a whore, but only momentarily. The darkest part of me is overpowering the part of me that I’ve always listened to. My desires have grown to a point of no return. I don’t want to go back to the old me.The old you doesn’t exist. You no longer want life without danger.

I take the card he gave me and slip it into one of my shoe boxes in my closet. I don’t want anyone to find it. Just in case I need it one day.

18

Dante

I got a text from Silas last night that Evelyn was at the club with Astra. Which I already knew because I’ve been tracking her phone. I’m not letting her out of my fucking sight after she was taken from me.

After she left my house yesterday, she went out with Astra for lunch and then returned home to her parents’ house. She hasn’t been returning any of my texts from last night or this morning. The only reason I didn’t show up to her house is because I figured she had a guilty conscience after giving herself to me— only hours after being fucking rescued. I shouldn’t have given in to her.

I need to see her and figure out what the fuck is going on. She’s mine now. She can’t fucking run from me, no matter how badly she wants to.

My phone starts buzzing. It’s Lucien.

“What’s up?” This better not be a fucking a work call.

“Hey, man. Astra came to my house this morning and wouldn’t shut up about Evelyn at the club last night.”

“So? They are girls, they are going to ramble.” This isn’t worth a phone call, that’s for sure.

“It wasn’t just rambling, Dante. Astra told me what Evelyn.. DID…”

“What the fuck did she DO Lucien?”

I can feel my blood start to boil. If she did anything in those rooms, I’ll make sure she stays here, in my house, under my command. I tried to give her space, but I’ll rip it away if I have to.

“She went into the Voyeur room…”

I feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. My little princess wanted to watch. I knew she liked it. I watched her through the surveillance on Astra’s birthday. The thought stirs my cock to life.