Page 63 of Beautiful Beast

“What?” my father exclaims, red in the face.

“I’ll handle Anya and get the information out of her. But it will be better if you’re not here to see this.”

I stand still as my father glares at me before he and Ivan leave. What is Erik going to do to me? I’m honestly too afraid to ask.

“Anya,” he says in a low voice. “Go upstairs. Our room. Take off your clothes and lie on the bed. Let’s get this over with.”

Erik is going to torture me, and I’m going to let him because I’ll do anything to save my sister.

With my head held high, I walk upstairs, and he follows right behind.

Chapter

Ten

ANYA

Ican feel the heat from his body as he stands behind me.

I stare at the bed and wonder how I’m going to do this. Erik is going to truly show me his monstrous side for the first time, and I don’t think I’m ready.

“Take off your clothes.”

I tense. I’m doing this for Nadia, I remind myself. Only she matters. I just hope she won’t hear my screams and expose herself.

With trembling fingers, I take off my shirt slowly. My pants are harder to take off, but the worst is my bra and underwear. Right now, I still have some protection from Erik, but once I’m naked, there’ll be nothing saving me from him.

“Do you need me to do it for you?” he asks.

“No,” I grit out. I won’t show him my fear.

I take off the rest of my clothes and turn around to face him, staring him down. Erik’s eyes don’t even flick down to look at my naked body. At this moment, my body doesn’t mean anything to him.

I mean nothing to him.

“Get on the bed, Anya, and lie down and spread your legs.”

“Are you going to mutilate me?”

“You’ll just have to see, won’t you?”

With a gulp, I back up toward the bed. My legs hit the bedframe and buckle, making me fall onto the bed. Erik stands before me in all his dominant glory.

“I told you to spread your legs.”

My body doesn’t move.

“Anya.”

“I can’t,” I gasp out. I don’t want to be so afraid. If I’m being honest, I want to like Erik. I want to feel safe with him.

But how can I when he’s a monster?

“Spread your legs for me. We’ll stay here all day and night until you do.”

“Good. That just gives my sister a better chance of escape.”

His lips quirk. “Even now, you’re still full of so much fire. I’ll spank you again if you don’t do as I say. Do you want that?”

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