Page 78 of The Monster and the Masochist

I wanted to tear them down.

Burn this condo to the fucking ground just so there was nothing standing between the woman that I wanted so desperately to claim as my own.

My monster purred in my chest, almost as if it was laughing.

No need to tear the walls down, Cassandra.

If you tell her to come, she’ll obey.

I hesitated, but only for a moment.

The video had barely stopped playing before I started typing.

Cass:

Come here.

There was a pause.

It was too long of a pause.

My teeth gritted together in irritation.

Theo:

… You sure?

Cass:

Come here. NOW, Theodora.

She didn’t make me ask again.

It took less than a minute.

I heard the door to her room open across the hall, and I bit my lip so hard that I tasted blood.

Iwas shaking.

My hand hovered over the brass French handles of the double doors I knew would lead me to Cassandra.

I’d needed to work myself up to sending that video.

As much as this was all I’d ever wanted, this was all new for Cass. I was terrified that if I pushed her too far too soon, she would have regrets.

There was a very real possibility that when all the adrenaline and lust wore off the next day, she would decide it was too much for her, and she would throw me away.

Would she even be able to look at me tomorrow if I went in there like she’d asked?

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

She was a consenting adult.

She’d told me to go to her.

If she ghosted me or kicked me out tomorrow, I would deal with it then.

For now, my princess had summoned me.