She took a step back when Mr. Sergey threw his head back and roared with laughter, so much so that when he recovered, there were tears in his eyes.

“Oh, I know who they are,” the Russian said and didn’t bother to elaborate further.

“Do something,” she whispered urgently to Brent, River, and Cash. Why were they just standing there with guns pointed at them?

“We don’t have any jurisdiction here, Orchid,” River said.

Oh fuck.

Chapter Nine

Orchid

Wait. What? How was this happening?

“Ah, yes,” the burly Russian said, almost good-naturedly. “No jurisdiction here because here I’m Mr. Sergey. They’re just ordinary men. Now, I’m losing patience, a show, or I…” He glanced at the men around them, who, on cue, raised their guns.

“You don’t need jurisdiction,” she cried. “You’re The KAI Empire.”

“And they have guns, and we don’t,” River said. “If we knew this was going to happen, we would have come prepared.”

Oh, god, they were all going to die.

They were going to die. They were going to die. They were going to die.

“Fine,” Cash said. “Where do we go?”

“What? No. You can’t spankme. In front ofpeople. Please, Mr. Bratva…”

But the man had already turned around, and Brent, River, and Cash fell in step behind him.

Oh god.

Okay. Her legs shaking, she hurried after them, wedging herself between them.

“What are we going to do?” she whispered frantically as they followed the Russian up a long staircase to the fourth level.

“We’re going to spank you and give the man a show just like he wants, then we’re going to leave with our lives intact.”

“This is all your fault. You weren’t supposed to wake up until tomorrow morning. I gave you more sedatives than a damn dinosaur would need.” She’d catered for their height, their muscularity, their strength, even. They were supposed to be fairly comatose.

“A baby dinosaur, maybe. You shouldn’t have underestimated us, Orchid,” Brent said. “Also, didn’t you realize the danger you were putting yourself in when you left the house without us? You have a marriage target on your back, in case you forgot.”

“I was going to be quick.”

“You weren’t supposed to leave,” River said, softly dangerous.

“Yes, well. Argh,” she grumbled. She should have shot them with a tranquilizer gun instead. Now, she was going to get spanked in public.

“You better not let them see those earrings,” River warned. How did he know her earrings hid a tiny camera in them, which was ingenious as far as she was concerned?

“Yeah, rumor has it the penalty for breaching privacy in the House of Saber is a six-foot-long dildo up your ass,” Cash said, with a serious expression on his face.

What? A six-foot dildo. She was still a virgin, for damn sake.

She removed her earrings and had no idea what to do with them. Crap.

“Tell your friend you’re okay. You’re with us,” Brent said.