Andrew’s eyes widened in surprise and appreciation.

I darted to stand in front of her to block Andrew from enjoying the visual display of her half-naked body.

“Eyes up here,” I growled at him.

He ignored me.

She jumped when she saw Andrew and rushed to close the shirt buttons.

“Holy shit, it’s you again. You need to stop giving me a fright.”

Andrew smiled innocently. “Sorry. How are you?”

“Yeah, good. A bit sleepy.” She yawned and snuggled into my body. I wrapped my arm around her back.

“Yeah, I heard you had a good night last night.”

I looked at Andrew and frowned at him. He chuckled to himself and continued to eat his noodles.

“We were just talking about the investigation,” Andrew said as he finished the noodles off and rinsed the plate in the sink.

“Speaking of which, I think now is as good a time as any to fill you both in on what happened to me yesterday. You might want to sit down for this,” I said and switched the Keurig on to make some coffee.

Andrew went through to the living room and Amber went on her tip toes to kiss me good morning. “What’s he doing here?” She whispered.

“Oh, he often drops in unannounced.”

“He gave me such a fright. I thought it was just us. I thought you were talking to someone on the phone or something.”

I kissed her again and handed her a cup of hot, steamy coffee. “Take that through to Andrew and I’ll bring ours next.”

I watched her go through to the living room and marveled at her rounded perky ass as she walked away. It was a work of art. She was a work of art, that was for sure.

Taking the coffee mugs into the living room, I handed one to Amber and placed mine on the coffee table. I paced up and down a little, unsure how to broach the subject.

“Come on Mason. Out with it,” Andrew joked.

I stopped pacing and looked at them both. “Okay, here goes. I was walking back to my apartment after dropping Amber off at her dorm when I was approached by four hooded guys. They roughed me up a little and told me I had to go with them to speak with the inner circle. I was taken in a car to the clearing in the woods and they questioned me about why I was asking so many questions about the dead students. Foxy was there. He told me nothing bad was going to happen to me but they needed to know why I was asking questions. I told them I knew one of the dead guys and was being a private sleuth to try and find out more about his death. Then they took me to Professor Owens’ residence and he was ready to rain down on me hard.”

“What happened?” Andrew asked.

“I’m getting to it.” I sipped my coffee and set the cup back on the table. “So, I got taken to the professor’s place and just as he was about to interrogate me more about the questions, I made out I was super excited about making it into the inner circle and wanted to know how to accelerate the process.”

“What did he say?” Amber asked, frowning.

“He was excited about my enthusiasm, I think.” I blew some air out and paced a little. Amber and Andrew watched me, entranced. “He told me that I had to make a personal sacrifice to show my loyalty and dedication to The Order. He told me that I had to share Amber with the inner circle, which of course I said absolutely not! Then, he said that instead Amber and I could put on a sex show for the inner circle to watch.”

Amber and Andrew both stared at me with their mouths open in shock.

Chapter 28– Amber

Andrewjustaboutexploded.“What in the name of all that is holy is this professor asshole up to?”

I just sat with my mouth hanging open in complete shock at what Mason had just said. Being shared with the inner circle or having to put on some dirty sex show for them to fulfill their voyeuristic desires?Holy crap!

Mason responded. “That’s what happened. That’s the deal.”

“And you actually considered it? Are you crazy?” Andrew shouted. “There’s such a thing as going too far for an investigation. What you’re talking about crosses a big line. It’s nuts. I can’t have you even considering it, Mason. We’ll need to think of something else.”