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“You can take a rain check,” Quill said.
Saskia glanced at Ari. She may want to stay with Quill, but what Ari had just tried to do for her—yeah, she could play with him later if he wanted.
He studied her a moment, then nodded. “Fine.”
She could already see the wheels in his head turning as if he weren’t convinced and might try to rescue her again. But she was sure Quill wouldn’t be foolish enough to leave her with him unguarded a second time.
The room remained tense and still, all eyes fixed on them as he led her up the spiraling staircase. They moved quickly down the hallway with the nude photographs, through the main warehouse, and out to the car.
They drove for several minutes in silence, Quill’s hands gripping the steering wheel. The anger radiated off him.
“Master?” she whispered. “Am I in trouble?”
“Of course not. You did exactly what I told you to do. Safeword out if something is really too much for you. I didn’t think he’d try to bust you out of there like a one-man SEAL team.”
The lonely desert road stretched out in front of them as if it might go on like this to the end of the earth.
“Tell me, Saskia, are you going to comply with my rules? Are you going to trust that I won’t send you with anyone who would hurt you?”
“Yes, Master.”
“Good girl.”
“Were you giving me an out?” she asked quietly. Maybe leaving her with someone he really trusted and not watching was a way to let her escape if that’s what she wanted. Maybe he had a soul in there somewhere, a conscience. She wanted so badly to believe he did. She couldn’t handle the idea that the artist she’d idolized was a monster beyond redemption.
Quill stared out at the road, but his hands relaxed their death grip on the steering wheel.
“Even if that’s what I did, you’re mine now. That was the only chance you had to get away from me. I hope you’re happy with the choice you made.”
Already she was doubting it. Quill never made anything easy.
9
Saskia stood in the gallery fresh from a shower and naked as Quill had requested. Was he finally about to take what he’d laid claim to in Venice?
His gaze panned over her body, but he didn’t make a move toward her. “Do you want to know how much Ari paid for you tonight?”
Considering she believed The Viking had planned to bust her out of there and may have been paying for that rather than anything sexual, yeah, she was curious.
“Ten thousand.” Off her shocked expression, Quill said, “It’s a very private and exclusive club. Lots of money to throw around. And as I said, he gets off on paying bizarre sums of money for women. I think it’s because he knows he could get whatever he wanted easily for free. I guess he likes to see how the other side lives.”
Saskia tried to process that amount of money for the questionable thrill of spanking and fondling her for an hour.
“I kept the check, so you will be seeing him at a later date. I expect a less dramatic outcome.”
“Yes, Master.”
He studied her face. “Are you okay with Ari?”
“Yes, Master.”
“I want you to be honest. Don’t lie just because it’s what you think I want to hear.”
“I can play with him. I feel safe with him.”
“Do you feel safe with me?”
She looked down at the cold floor. “No, Master.”
