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“The next few months are going to very trying for you, slave. But they’re also going to be full of change and surprises. Do you like surprises?”
There went that thing in my chest that only seemed to beat for him. The speed appeared to stop, only to slam harder, keeping a steady pace at all the things he could be insinuating. “I do.”
“Good. One may be coming very soon. Focus on that when your mind starts to wander. Even when you sleep, think about all the things I have planned for us. We may have come here so you could make a decision, but there’s not one to be made. Is there, Lilian? You want to be with me, not matter what. Am I right?”
I took his words seriously and knew my answer immediately. “Yes, Master. No matter what.”
A smile came to his face and he lifted my hand, kissing my palm. “Then, come tomorrow, we let the surprises begin.”
Chapter 32
Zain
I couldn’t remember the last time I sported a black eye. Maybe it was in my youth during all my training or possibly in my early teens, but I couldn’t recall. Between Lily and me, we looked like quite the pair. And she wasn’t half as amused as I was.
The nightmare we both knew would come, did. But not with the initial screams like I expected. The first cry I thought would wake me, didn’t. Her punch did, though. The lights that exploded behind my lids caught me off-guard and I dove toward the one place my instincts told me it had come from. It took me all of a split second to place the soft cries of the woman I had pinned down. My attack had awoken her, leaving my startled slave fighting even more for her life in the pitch black. I was able to calm her down with my voice, but once I turned on the lights, she broke before me. Had it not been for the mirror within my view, I wouldn’t have known why. The swelling was already becoming evident and it didn’t take long for the dark bruising to set in. But it wasn’t all bad. It was only in the corner of my eye, closest to my nose. I knew it wouldn’t take long to fade, but even now, as we were about to land at her building, she still had that apologetic expression on her face.
“It’s fine,” I mouthed.
The tears welled in her eyes and she shook her head, looking out toward the roof. The moment we were out and heading for the door, I pulled her close, whispering in her ear. “It really is okay. You didn’t mean to.”
“I’m out of control. I can’t stand this.”
The door open and Brace’s smile turned into a confused stare as we swept past. Lilian kept her head down, hugging her arms around her stomach as we came up on Marcio sitting at the entrance.
“What the hell happened to you?” He stood from the table, intercepting the door to get ready to hold it open. At the shake of my head, he glanced at Lily and turned the knob, allowing us in. Both Slade and Mary stopped eating at our arrival.
“Grab a…chair.” Slade pressed his lips together, but picked up his fork and continued eating.
“Ugh, just say it. Or ask.” Lily broke free and headed to the table, sitting on the other side of him. I took my seat, too, glancing at the food resting in the middle. The buffet style breakfast wasn’t appealing after the sizeable one I’d eaten this morning. Lily had barely touched her food, she was so upset.
“You do that?” Slade asked, nodding toward me.
“Yes,” she whispered. “But not on purpose. It was an accident.”
Mary grabbed a biscuit, tearing off pieces as she stared between Slade and Lily. They seemed to have some unspoken conversation going on. Even I was getting curious about what they were thinking.
“Your appointment is at four. You know Dr. Klauson is probably going to put you back on your meds, right?”
“Yep. I figured as much.” Lily stabbed her fork into some watermelon, placing it on her plate. “Did you get ahold of Chuck?”
Slade took a drink of orange juice. “Two o’clock.”
A nearly silent laugh shook Lilian’s chest. “Very strategic of you to put him before the doctor.”
Slade smiled, looking down at his plate. “I figured if he wore you out enough you wouldn’t argue with her orders.”
“Very smart of you. I hate meds. They make me feel out of it. I don’t like not having control over my own thoughts.”
Slade peered up from his eggs. “But they helped with the dreams, didn’t they?”
She shook her head. “Not always. Sometimes they just knocked me out so hard, I couldn’t wake up from them. I’d almost prefer not to be stuck in my own personal hell.”
The room got silent and I reached over, placing her hair over her shoulder so I could see her downcast face.
“Just try them out for a few weeks and see if it helps this time.” My voice had her looking over and nodding. The heaviness in the room seemed to lift after that and Lily turned to Mary.
“You look like you’re feeling better.”
