Take Me Slowly: Forever in Their Thrall Book One by Foxglove Lidiya

Author:Foxglove, Lidiya
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Rayner

Damn it all, you are in this for the long haul.

My Tulip was more broken than I first expected. She looked so much like she did when she was Lisbeth. It made the situation all the more unbearable. I felt as if I recognized the scrunch of her brows and the curve of her smiles and frowns. She had never been so familiar.

But her reluctance was more like Bertie, and her submissive behavior was like Li Mei.

And yet, this was more frustrating still. Bertie and I had learned to accept our situation together, at the same time, and I was nearly as hesitant to claim his body as he was to give it. It wasn’t easy for me back then either.

Li Mei had already been married and thought that her husband raping her every night was the way things were supposed to be. She was initially angry that I killed her family, but she was also relieved. She had been suffering daily. Her soul knew it had been wronged. Li Mei was surprised and happy when she realized I would give her as much pleasure as I took. For a long time it was the only language we could speak alone together.

And then there was Marguerite. My sweet French country girl took no convincing at all.

Now, I had my poor Alissa, looking so familiar that every drop of my blood and every inch of my skin was desperate to have her.

I could see her soul drowning under the surface of the things she had been taught. A brief fire lit in her eyes. A quick, searing moment of lust or jealousy. Other moments hinted at her pure sweetness, the music and joy and life she brought to our clan.

They died quickly, suppressed by her own training.

As far as I knew, she had not been beaten or raped. But the more I realized what had been done to her, the more I raged. Her thoughts had been controlled every moment of her young life. I wanted to show her the love and passion I could give her. I wanted to break her spirit free.

She must be handled delicately, her trust earned like some of Silvus’ more unfortunate kittens.

Silvus opened the door for her. The dilapidated exterior of the Baltimore house was left unpainted on purpose, with minor repairs neglected. We didn’t want to stand out.

Inside, the house retained the charm of the Gilded Age. This house belonged to a well-to-do railroad man, and when he died, the home passed into the hands of a warlock, who did very few updates, making it the perfect home for vampires.

“Oh…wow.” Alissa couldn’t help herself. The staircase with its beautiful woodwork and the stained glass window at the landing made for a grand entrance. A built-in bookcase held a tiny selection of our library, as it spanned across many homes. “Whoa—this isn’t the library already, is it?”

“Not at all,” Silvus said. “This is just…overflow.”

“We read a lot,” Jie said. “We don’t have jobs.”

“Some of us have jobs,” Silvus said.

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