Page 66 of Sinful

His head swiveled to look at me, eyes wild with anger. “You thought I wouldn’t notice, huh?”

I skittered backward on the bed until my back was up against the wall. “Notice what?” I squeaked.

He stalked over, seized me by the arm, and dragged me to the other side of the room. “There,” he said, jabbing a finger at one line on the board. “What does that say?”

“The Entity is real. I belong to it. I do not belong to Sebastian Thorne,” I said in a low, tremulous voice. I looked up at him. “I don’t remember writing this. I swear. It was an accident, Master.”

“An accident, huh?”

I nodded fervently. “Yes. I must have been distracted and not even realized I was writing it. M-Master, please…”

I hoped he would be placated by my constant use of his preferred title, but his eyes turned stormier, fingertips digging into my shoulder until I winced. “Just when I finally thought youwere being a good girl again,” he hissed. “I guess we’ll have to do this another way.”

He released me from his grip and strode over to the black bag, stooping to pull out a flared black object and a bottle filled with clear liquid.

“What is that?” I asked, heart jumping into my throat.

“This?” Sebastian waved it in the air, lips twisting into a malicious smirk. “This is going inside you, Rose.”

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Rose

I gaped at Sebastian. “What?”

“You heard me. Drop that fucking blanket. Now.”

I shrank backward. “Please, no. I must remain pure for the Tetrad.Please.”

His smirk widened. “You’ll still be a virgin in all the ways that matter to your little Covenant, Rose.”

“I… I don’t understand.”

He stepped forward. “The toy is going in your ass. Unless you actuallywantit in your pussy, in which case I’m happy to oblige.”

“My… my ass?” I stared at him, eyes like saucers. Evensayingthose words felt skin-crawlingly dirty.

“Yes.” He lifted the so-called toy, eyes gleaming maliciously. “What do you think of it, Rosebud? Does it excite you?”

“N-no. Please. I don’t want it.”

“You don’t have a choice.” He cocked his head. “If you’re well-behaved during this, you can earn some clothes. I bet you’re tired of having nothing to wear, huh?”

“I don’t… I don’t think…”

Sebastian held up his hand. “You aren’t here to think, Rose. You’re here to submit to me. Now, either this toy is going up your ass, which you might actually enjoy in the end, or I’ll take you into the other room, string you up, and flog you. What’ll it be?”

There’s another room in this place?A tiny part of me wanted to see it, out of sheer curiosity, but the rest of me was desperate to stay out at all costs, given the threat of the flogging.

“I…”

“You have five seconds to make your choice.” He put down a finger. “Five, four, three—”

“The toy!” I cut in. “I… I’ll do it.”

The cruel smirk was back, twisting his handsome face. “Good. Now drop that blanket and get on your knees. I want to see that beautiful ass.”

Humiliation flooded my body in hot waves, but I shakily did as he said, letting the blanket fall to the floor as I got down on all fours.

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