Page 28 of Dance of Thorns

It’s my internet history printed out and staring me full in the face, a leering, lurid catalogue of my darkest secrets.

The medical records are awful enough.

This is worse.

Muchworse.

“Did you hack my computer, asshole?!”

Bane chuckles quietly as he stands and walks out from behind his desk. “Now, some of these—the Dom-sub stuff, the restraints, the pain play—I mean, not that outrageous, little bird,” he murmurs with a sick grin. “But some of your other kinks?” He whistles quietly. “My, my, my. You do havecolorfulneeds, don’t you?”

I’m shaking, the folder trembling in my hands as I stare at all my damning secrets spilled across the page.

“You’re a fucking monster,” I whisper.

“Oh, don’t play the victim card now. You should know better than that.”

I rip my gaze to his, shivering as he slowly circles me. “You don’t know a fucking thing about…”

Bane laughs coldly.

“Please,” he murmurs. “Finish that thought. In fact, let me get you a mirror to say it into, so you can see exactly how foolish you look.”

Bane continues his slow walk around me, sending heated shivers rippling over my skin as his predatory eyes rake over me.

“Why don't you turn to the last page now.”

It takes me a second to process what I’m looking at.

“No—”

“Go ahead, read it out loud. I want to be sure we’re both on the same page.”

“This is?—”

“A prenup, of sorts.”

I bark a laugh. “You think I want your fuckingmoney?!”

“I asked you to read it out loud.”

I stare at the page in front of me, then back at him. “This isn’t even a prenup. It’s…” I frown. “Wait, what the fuck is?—”

“Read. It,” he growls.

“Fine.” My eyes drop to the page and I take a slow breath, shivering. “Contract of consent to physical and sexual activity between Bane Antonov and Dove Marchetti.”

Heat pools low in my core as I slowly lift my eyes to his. “Bane?—”

“Keep going.”

“The undersigned agrees to be a willing and active participant—” I stop, shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way this is legal.”

“Read it.”

I glare at him, then back at the page.

“—In the following activities. Vaginal, oral, and anal—no, I’m not?—”