Total pages in book: 39
Estimated words: 36564 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 183(@200wpm)___ 146(@250wpm)___ 122(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 36564 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 183(@200wpm)___ 146(@250wpm)___ 122(@300wpm)
What they found there must have been pretty bad because, to my understanding, the guys burnt the camp to the ground and brought home any child under eighteen who wanted to come. They’d all come there with parents who were either too far gone in the cult to care about their children, or had died along the way. If Ringo had it right, more of them were orphaned than had parents left in that God awful place. Grim Road and Salvation’s Bane both gained several young women, all of whom had been horribly abused. Most of it was mental and sexual. The men of the cult had been careful not to leave obvious signs of abuse where anyone could see. I had yet to meet any of the women, but, once Annie had time to come to terms with everything that had happened, we’d meet them together.
We’d only been home a few hours. All of it had been spent in bed. Annie acknowledged she needed to tell me the rest of what had happened, but not today. I agreed with her.
“If you’re waiting for what I did to hit me, it already did. And you know what?”
“What’s that, honey?”
“It was gross. And I hate blood.” She sighed, rubbing her cheek over my chest. “But I don’t regret one single part of it. I snapped and the timing could probably have been better, but he needed to die. I was happy to send him straight to hell.”
“That’s my girl.”
She actually giggled. “I can’t believe you’re actually proud I killed someone.”
“We’re going to see the women Venus and Lemon brought back here tomorrow. These are women who lived through at least some of what you did. Do you think they’d agree with me?”
She snorted derisively. “Yeah. They’d agree. At least, most of them would. There were some who were treated better, but I think it was actually worse for them. They were usually one of that bastard’s ‘wives’.” She made air quotes. “I don’t remember ever living anywhere else other than the camp until Venus brought me here. But one thing I’ve learned in the real world is that when a man takes a woman, he protects her. He doesn’t terrorize her or berate her.” She snuggled closer to me and gripped my bare shoulder with her fingers, clinging so sweetly to me. “At least, none of you guys do. From what I saw at Salvation’s Bane, they’re the same way. The men are really protective of their women and children.”
“It’s not always that way, but for us it is.” I shrugged. “I always figure, if a man won’t protect the people who are supposed to matter most to him, how can you trust him to have your back?”
“Not bad insight.” She stretched, brushing her breasts against my chest where she was sprawled half on top of me.
“Can I ask you something?” There was one question I wanted to have an answer for. It wasn’t important, but I was curious.
“Anything.” She sounded sated and sleepy and I really liked that sound.
“When did you learn Mandarin?”
She shrugged. “I’m really good at languages. I’d already learned a lot just by being in the camp. I could already translate some of what he was saying, but, apparently, Mandarin isn’t always what it appears. Even the way a person inflects a syllable can make a difference in what they mean. The at home course I found said it was the most difficult language to learn. After my crash course, I agree.”
“So you put the pieces together after leaving the camp.”
“Something like that. It made things make a lot more sense.”
Annie’s thigh was bent, resting on my own leg. She slid it higher until she did a lazy roll and moved to straddle my hips.
Since the first time we’d had sex, Annie had become more aggressive, demanding her pleasure. I was only too happy to give her what she wanted. Reaching between us, Annie guided my rapidly hardening cock inside her wet pussy.
“I need you, Dominic.” Her whimper was full of desire, but also a promise that I could lose myself in her body.
“You have me, baby. Tell me what you want.”
“You to fuck me. Make me come.”
I slid my hands around her torso to rest them flat on her back. She rose and fell on my cock, riding me with sensuous thrusts of her hips. I loved the way she rocked against me, the way she moved and moaned in pleasure as we fucked. She was like no other woman I’d ever been with. Uninhibited, passionate, fierce. Fucking my girl felt like the greatest thing in the fucking world and I wanted never wanted this to end.
“Look at me,” I commanded softly.
Annie looked down at me, her eyes blazing with lust. “Do you love me?”
I didn’t even hesitate because my answer was always the same and I never tired of saying it. “More than anything.”