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I tighten my grip on his shirt, lift him up, think about throwing him to the floor and kicking his goddamn teeth in.

The door behind me opens. “Raiden?” Aurora says, her tone innocent, but I know she must have heard us.

I let Julian go. “Get out of here.”

“I’m sorry, Raiden,” Julian mutters.

“Go!”

He scurries away, leaving me with a spinning head and a heart like a drum pounding in my chest.

“What was that about?” Aurora asks when I return to the room.

“Nothing,” I grunt.

Julian was scheming behind my back. Trying to tear me down. That deal seemed off from the start, but every step of the way, Julian offered his assurances, encouraging me to make the deal. I trusted him against my better judgment.

“It doesn’t seem like nothing,” Aurora mutters.

“Feelings weren’t part of the arrangement,” I growl. “You need to get ready for the welcome party. Put on a dress. Put on a mask. Remember why we’re here.”

She frowns at me, but what can she say? She’s reminded me this is business several times already.

She huffs. “Fine.”

“Fine,” I repeat. “What?”

“Huh?”

I stand to my full height. “Fine… what?”

She bites her lip. Even now, with rage coursing through my veins like hot fire, that causes my manhood to ache.

“Sir,” she whispers. “Fine,sir.”

I walk right up to her, reach down, and ruthlessly spank her thick ass. She gasps and stares at me in shock… and something else that she tries to hide. Seeds of pleasure, of curiosity. Perhaps she doesn’t think I can see the emotions shining in her eyes.

“You shouldn’t have done that.”

I spank her again, leaning over to watch her thickness shake for me.

“It’s your reward,” I snarl. “For calling me ‘sir’.”

When I move to do it again, she quickly backs up, hands raised. “I’m suh-serious. Don’t.”

“Say that like you mean it.”

“Don’t, Raiden.”

Yet she couldn’t help but let out a little moan when I spanked her the first time.

CHAPTER 11

AURORA

Ilock the door to the en-suite…

Something Raidendidn’tdo.