“Is anyone going to talk or is everyone going to stare at my plaything all evening?” Gabriel asks.
The conversation begins with the men and women discussing everything from the weather to the food to business.
Gabriel continues to feed me in silence. The more I eat, the more I love it. Having gone hungry for so long, there’s nothing like the feeling of being full.
He hands me a glass of wine. “Drink.”
I take the smallest sip and watch as Gabriel’s eyes flick back down to my throat as I swallow.
“When are we going to enjoy your maze tonight, Gabriel?” George asks. “I am eager for it.”
It’s then that I see everyone’s expression. The light in their eyes. The excitement. What is going to happen in the maze?
“It’s time.” Gabriel sets me on my feet. “Everyone, follow me. Aurora, you will return to your room.”
I want to ask more but with all these people around, I can’t find my tongue. The guests follow Gabriel out of the dining room while I’m left alone. After a moment, I head back upstairs. I look out one of the large windows on the upper floor that showcases the backyard. A huge hedge maze dominates the space.
I gasp when I see the men and women get naked and run into the maze. Gabriel doesn’t though. He stands back and watch. So that’s what this kind of party is. An orgy.
I blush at the thought. What kind of life does Gabriel live?
An extravagant one, I realize. One with decadent food and fine clothing and sex parties. It’s so different from my own life, it’s almost laughable.
Gabriel is distracted though which means he won’t be back in here for a while. That gives me an idea.
His bedroom. I want to know what he’s hiding in there.
The only problem is: I have no idea which bedroom is his. The mansion is so large, I still find myself getting lost in it, despite exploring the house a couple of times now.
I walk down hallway after hallway, feeling myself grow more anxious as I look for his bedroom. How much longer will Gabriel be? I have no idea how long orgies last for.
The idea of him out there, touching another woman between her legs makes me feel… unsettled though I have no idea why.
As soon as I think that, I push it from my mind. That’s when I turn down another hallway and see a large door at the end. It has a large handle carved into it in the shape of a lion’s head. This is Gabriel’s bedroom. I just know it.
I hurry to his door and crack it open when I hear someone behind me.
“What do you think you’re doing?” It’s George. He has such a plain face that it takes me a second to remember it’s him.
“What?” I squeak, dropping my hands from the doorknob.
“I was watching you, you know. Watching you sneak around the house. What are you getting up to?” His eyes flick to Gabriel’s door and back to me. “Naughty, are we? You’re a naughty girl in need of a spanking.” He rushes forward and grabs me before I can react.
I go to scream when his hand clamps around my mouth.
“Bad girls get punished,” he growls into my ear.
Chapter Five
Aurora
Gabriel scares me but this man, George, takes it to a whole other level. Because Gabriel has never laid his hands aggressively onto me. Because, while Gabriel is evil, every so often I’ll catch a tenderness in his eyes I don’t understand.
But George is someone I haven’t spent any time with. I’m not sure what he’ll do to me but judging from the way he’s pulling me against his body and the hardening of his length against my backside, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what he wants.
In one quick motion, George throws me onto the ground so hard it knocks the air out of me before he scrambles on top of my body.
“No one is allowed in Gabriel’s room,” he says. “None of us. You’re a naughty girl trying to get in there. Naughty, naughty girl.” He slaps me across the face. The sting makes my eyes water.
