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“What are you doing here?” he asks galena.

“Mommy is sleeping and I was scared.”

Miki frowns looking at me.

“Scared of?”

“Don’t know. Just a few bangs.”

“I’ll check it out, then we can get you back to sleep. Sound like a plan?”

She nods and he places her down onto his feet.

“Hades!” Miki calls out and he trots to his master's feet.

“Ana. Would you care to explain to me why my guard dog is sparkling?”

Hades tilts his head and I cover my mouth to stop laughing.

“He looks cute. Leave him alone.”

“Cute? He isn’t meant to be cute! I can’t go out with a dog with a sparkly collar on him.”

I roll my eyes and he glares at me.

“galena, say goodnight to Ana.”

She gives me a bright smile. “Night, night.”

“Sweet dreams.” I blow her a kiss as Mikhail leads her out of the back door.

Hades pads over and sits on my feet, leaning his head against my legs.

“We are in trouble,” I whisper, softly stroking his head.

I don’t take the collar off, it’s far too amusing watching Miki tick.

Pouring him a cup of coffee, I set it on the kitchen island and take a sip of my own. As soon as he returns, he tears off his mask, tossing it down on the counter.

“Now I’ll deal with you, pretty girl.”

I place my mug down and stand up straight as he approaches me, my heart picking up a beat with each of his steps.

“Oh yeah? Want me to help with that?”

I bend over the counter and wiggle my ass at him. I yet out a yelp as his palm cracks down on my behind, the force sending me forward.

“Spanking doesn’t work on you, that was just for me.” His hand smacks again on the other side.

I push my hair away from my face as he rubs his palms over my ass.

Hades erupts into a fit of aggressive sounding barks. Mikhail moves back.

“Stop.” Mikhail’s voice is deep and stern.

I turn around as Hades growls at Mikhail and I frown, watching their standoff. No, this isn’t like my big softie. So, I step in front of Mikhail.

“Hades, sit.” I point my finger at him.

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