“I can imagine. So, you’re really interested in finding out what you have to do next?”
“Of course.”
“It won’t be easy. You have to prove your loyalty to The Order and it involves a certain amount of…sacrifice.”
“Sacrifice?”
“Yes. It will be game that is personal to you.”
Intrigued, I leaned forward. “Tell me more.”
The professor came out from behind his desk and stood in front of me.
“You will show your loyalty by sacrificing something that is important to you. I’ve decided it should be your relationship with Miss Valentine and its exclusivity.”
“What?” I exploded.
“Show your loyalty by sharing her with the inner circle.”
“Absolutely not! I don’t share anything with anybody, especially Amber.” I raged at the thought of anyone else being with Amber. She was mine and mine alone.
The professor chuckled. “Too much for you? I suspected as much. I’m willing to modify it some. Instead of sharing her with the inner circle, I would like you both to put on a display for us.”
“What kind of display?”
“The sexual kind, of course. You put on a display with your young lover for the inner circle to watch.”
I stared at him, furious. “What kind of madness is this?”
“The kind that decides whether or not you make it into the inner circle.”
I went silent and thought hard. The professor was putting me into an impossible situation. I couldn’t ask Amber to do something like this. I shook my head.
“She’d never agree to do it.”
“How you get her to do it is up to you, but it’s the deal for getting into the inner circle. Take it or leave it.”
“It would have to be private. No one else in the room with us.”
“There is a room in The Corinthian which is set up for exactly this type of encounter.”
“Of course there is.”
“It’s a private room with a two-way mirror along one wall. You won’t even know anyone is watching you. In fact, you can watch each other in the mirror.”
“I see.”
“And don’t be thinking this can be just a limp show of you quickly fucking your girl. We want to be entertained. We want you to put on a full show for us.”
My inner fury raised the hackles on my back. I wanted to smash his face in right there and then, but I held my composure.
“Don’t you worry. We’ll put on a show. Leave it to me. I’ll speak to Amber and see if she is willing to do it.”
“Make sure you don’t take too long. You don’t want your chance to enter the inner circle to slip away from you, do you?”
“No,” I agreed and frowned.
Now I just had to get Amber to agree to this fucked up scheme.