Bear Reign by Kayla Gabriel

Author:Kayla Gabriel [Gabriel, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grace Goodwin

Chapter 6

Sophie stood on the far side of Ephraim’s open bedroom, watching him sleep. He seemed to be deeply unconscious, not anywhere close to waking. She sucked in a quiet breath and looked around, knowing that if she was ever going to explore, this was the time.

She found several surprising things in her search. A room full of gilded treasure, something straight out of a Tolkien description of a dragon’s hoard. A room of carefully preserved garments seemingly chronologically arranged, presumably Ephraim’s own clothes through the ages. A windowless room with black walls and thousands of photographs, a timeline of Ephraim’s life, his face appearing in the photos again and again in different scenes.

She had the distinct feeling that she was trespassing when she saw some of the more private moments, photos of Ephraim bound and strapped to BDSM crosses, photos of people dangling the keys over his prone form, photos of him in graphically sexual situations.

How had he even come to have these photos? Better question, what kind of fucked up life had Ephraim lived? Or since his powers seemed to be some kind of servitude, what had he been forced into?

Thinking of the moment at the pool when he refused her attentions, Sophie thought she understood a little better. Moreover, she knew a moment of distinct shame. If the kind of treatment depicted in these photos was all Ephraim knew, no wonder he didn’t want to share himself with anyone in that way.

For all he knew, Sophie was no better than the rest of his owners.

Maybe I’m not, she thought to herself.

He wasn’t one to forget his past, apparently. Sophie walked up and examined the photos close up, noting the vast and beautiful landscapes in the backgrounds, the glittering and gorgeous people in the photos with him. No matter the scenario, there was one constant: Ephraim looked passive, angry, stifled.

Never happy, not in one single photograph. She wrinkled her nose, trying to think if he’d ever smiled at her, a genuine and true smile.

Nope. Not once, ever.

She had to drag herself out of that room, curiosity eating her up. Ephraim was such a mystery to her, though his past was clearly tragic. The more she considered what it must have been like to be owned, the more she thought about the kind of person who would go out of their way to own another being… the more petals unfurled in the story of Ephraim.

And now Sophie herself was one of those people. Fuck.

She wandered the maze of his house, lost in thought, until at last she came to a hallway of closed doors. The hallway stretched on and on, out of her line of sight. For all she knew, it might truly be endless.

Something in her gut told her that this was where she needed to be. Glancing back over her shoulder, she stepped forward and opened the first door on her left. A sucking black void drew at her clothes, her hair, tugging her like a gentle vacuum.

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