Total pages in book: 92
Estimated words: 90852 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 454(@200wpm)___ 363(@250wpm)___ 303(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 90852 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 454(@200wpm)___ 363(@250wpm)___ 303(@300wpm)
“Turn it off.” I crossed my arms over my chest. “Are the rest of the news channels this way?”
The screen went dark.
Chen bobbed his head. “Lots of congratulations and frightened smiles. All news outlets have retracted tenser headlines. Gossip blogs deleted posts along with other social media influencers. It’s now silent.”
Fengge spoke, “This isn’t exactly a bad thing.”
Bolin stepped forward. “Good for now but you can’t control a population with terror and death.”
Fengge shrugged. “There are many countries that have done it just fine—”
“And our parents fled those countries.” Bolin scowled. “The East is not about dictatorship.”
Fengge waved him away. “They don’t like the East, they can always move.”
“Enough.” I held up my hand. “I don’t need a fucking debate today on whether to oppress the East or not. Once my father is gone, I will not rule with terror. That shit is done.”
They both spoke in unison, “Yes, Mountain Master.”
“Chen, Duck,” I began, my voice heavy with uncertainty, “I’m torn about whether we should tell Moni about everything that’s happened, especially about my father, the influencers, and the violence. . .”
Chen cast a wary glance in my direction. “Lei, think carefully. Sharing this with Moni could bring unnecessary fear and burden to her.”
“I don’t want that.”
“She’s still adjusting and this could push her away, not just from you but from everything we’re trying to build here.”
His words hit me with the force of a physical blow yet I couldn’t dismiss them outright. The idea of Moni viewing me—or the East—through a lens tainted by fear and racism was something I couldn’t bear.
But Duck interrupted. “But you can’t lie to her either. She’s now a Friend of the Four Aces. Her committee will eventually update her and I won’t have her pissed at me for keeping quiet.”
I frowned.
Duck continued. “Moni deserves the truth. She’s stronger than you think and she has a right to understand the world she’s stepping into.”
Chen shook his head. “The news will be fine with her. I think we have enough going on. There’s no need—”
Duck interrupted and scowled at me. “How can she stand by your side if she’s kept in the dark?”
That statement stirred something within me.
“I need to think about it.” I eyed Duck. “For now don’t bring this up to her, I’ll have an answer on how I want to proceed by this evening.”
Duck didn’t appear pleased at all.
I glared. “You already gave her our sacred text. Do not push me, cousin.”
“Yes, Mountain Master.”
“And I want those goddamn panties back.”
Duck stared at the ground. “Yes, Mountain Master.”
I looked at Chen. “Anything else happened while I slept?”
Duck muttered under his breath, “Again. . .you were just sleeping?”
Chen ignored him. “Well. . .there was a small problem with your supposed Harem Exit Strategy Plan.”
My head throbbed with annoyance. “What now?”
Chapter three
Pussy Whipped
Lei
Chen got a phone call, interrupting his ability to catch me up with the harem.
I narrowed my focus to the five men standing before me.
Hu stood at the forefront with a smirk that promised pain.
The men that Hu had chosen to spar with me today weren't just any fighters; they were the elite, the top warriors of the East, each with a history stained by over a hundred lives taken.
That meant that their movements would be precise, their strikes lethal, honed through countless battles.
On the right, Duck remained on the spectator side of the ring, watching me with Bolin and Fengge. “How do you feel this morning?”
“Excellent.”
Duck leaned his head to the side. “Super fabulously excellent or just. . .decent excellent.”
“Why didn’t you just give her the panties back?”
Duck frowned. “Because you rushed out like a mad man for Chanel’s body and also Monique told me not to give them back.”
“You knew why she said that.”
“I did.”
“You also wanted to keep them.”
Duck crossed his arms over his chest. “I did.”
I focused my stance his way.
Hu cleared his throat. “You’re not fighting Duck. It’s us. . .Mountain Master.”
“Okay. Okay.” Chen ended the phone call and stuffed the device into his pocket. “Duck, what are you still doing here? Get to Monique so there’s no more problems today.”
“I’m about to.” Duck sighed. “Come on, Lei. Are you fucking for real? You know we all want to know.”
“Correction. I do not want to know.” Chen put his hands in his pocket. “Lei must already share all of himself with the East. I believe it is fine for him to keep some things private.”
“Not this.” Duck shook his head. “If he did finally lose his virginity then this pushes the fact further on if she is the Mountain Mistress as well as other things.”
I eyed him. “What other things?”
Duck shrugged. “Like if you’re pussy whipped or something? We would have to watch out for that and manage it.”
“We’re not doing this right now.” Chen came closer to the ring. “Let’s go. We’re behind schedule.”