Blaze is gone.
The orgasm goes on and on. It could be seconds, or minutes, I don’t know, but finally my body relaxes.
Someone else is holding me now. Stroking my hair. Crooning softly, a deep, grounding sound meant to soothe.
It’s not him.
The others must have pulled him away. Contained whatever fury snapped inside him.
And I should be angry.
I should be furious.
But I’m not.
Because I think I understand.
In Blaze’s broken mind, this wasn’t just dominance. It wasn’t just lust or punishment. It was revenge.
A mirror held up to my worst moment.
Back when he was on the brink of everything he dreamed of. Love, a family, a future. And I ripped it from him with a single, brutal Command.
This was him taking it back. Forcing me to feel what he felt. To be powerless. To break and obey mindlessly.
No, I’m not angry.
I just hopetorut,we’re even now.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Halley
“You sneaky mother-fracker.”
Everlyn looks up from tapping on a digital medical chart, blinking at me with confusion. “Excuse me?”
I march forward and jab her in the chest. She steps back in alarm.
“You ambushed me!”
“Oh, yeah.” She tilts her head and smirks, her hands on her hips. “I did do that, didn't I?”
I stumble over my words, flustered by her admission. "Why? Why did you do it? I was going to talk to them, I was. But I was waiting for the right moment."
"Sweetie, you were never going to have a right moment. They deserved an explanation. They’re just as desperate for you as you are for them."
"It's complicated!"
She pokes me in the chest in retaliation, pushing me backwards.
"No. No, it's not. You're just making excuses. You needed to face them, and you weren't going to do it on your own. So I lit a fire under your ass,” she swats my behind with the tablet. “Besides, you needed to tell them that you need them to stay. You know, for your health… and your pussy."
I gloss over the last statement.
"How do you know about them staying?"
She smiles with a knowing glint of mischief. "YourfriendShade came to visit me."
