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He bared his teeth, his fangs longer than I remembered, and for a moment I thought I would black out. Charity ran to him, jumping onto his back and pummeling him with all her naked might.
I loved how fierce my little pet could be when she needed to, I would reward her for that later.
“Stop it! Let her go!”
Charles grabbed her from behind, containing her flailing arms as she protested.
“Let her go, please. It’s bothering Charity…”
Dom’s blackened eyes receded back to gray, and his grip on me loosened.
As if he had been woken from a trance, he set me down, but I remained in his hold. “Of course, I’m so sorry…I don’t know what came over me. Charles, close the door and lock it so our guest will not flee.”
Charles did as he says, but not before I spat into Domenico’s face and hiss.
Like the well-mannered Deacon he claimed to me, he wiped his face gracefully and stepped back.
“Give me the girl and let us go.”
Charity scrambled to replace her dress over her naked body and ran to me, flinging her arms around my shoulders. Her honey scent filled my nose, and I hugged her back, inhaling her deeply.
“I’ve missed you.”
“I’ve missed you, too.”
We kissed, and sunshine spread through my body, birds chirped, and I felt light again; only it was the middle of the night and there was no way any of that was real.
Domenico chuckled and took a seat near the fireplace as Charles buttoned up his pants.
“We have been over this,Freyja,” he sneered, my name rolling of his tongue in a French accent. He was so cocky and confident that I desperately wanted to backhand him, but I resisted.
I remained with my sweet Charity, feeling her rapid heartbeat and great anxiety about this monster—as she should.
“Ineedyou. You will tell me what spell, what tincture will bring back my Melody. And do you knowwhy?”
I didn’t want to entertain his games, but I played along and shook my head no.
“Becauseyouare Lilith’s descendant, and Lilith did this to her.”
Descendant?
Was this why I could hear her and sometimes see her? New revelations filled my head and pride blossomed inside my chest, knowing just how powerful I had become over the years.
Domenico stood, holding an amethyst crystal in his palm.
“She was captured, inside this stone, and you will release her. You will bring her back and tell her to undo this.”
“And if I don’t?”
His laugh was low and condescending. “You die…she dies…let’s not travel that path though,” he said as he placed the crystal in my hand as he moved to the door. “Take as long as you like, but now, you three willallbe my prisoners…until you do.”
With that, the door was closed behind him and locked with a click.
23
DOMENICO
I didn’t want to do this to Charles. I had moments of mistrust after seeing his infatuation with the bratty girl. She was plain and boring in my opinion. I still didn’t know what he saw within her. Nothing was as invoking as watching someone submit, and my little submissive was so perfect when he was on his knees.
