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Seline

"Wake up, little pet," Ferrara said softly in my ear, his hot, minty breath tingling my lobe. I sat up instantly, rubbing my bleary eyes with the back of my hand then stared at the tall, imposing mansion in front of us. "We're home."

I nodded, hating the fact that my sleep had been cut short. It felt as though I'd only closed my eyes for three seconds.

Ferrara was watching me closely. "You don't like it?" he twirled my hair around his fingers. I shook my head.

"It's beautiful, Master."

His face brightened with a smile. "Thank you, pet."

I shouldn't have loved that smile the way I did, or the way my body reacted to it— like a magnetic field. Granted, he wasn't as harsh as Jax had made him be over the years, but I'd just been with him only for a few hours. There was still so much more to unravel, and if he had this much-unspoken control over my body at such an early time as this, I could very well start counting my days to failure.

He's my master and the enemy. I strengthened my