Raw Pleasures
his voice was smooth, dangerous, the kind of sound that could charm a snake from a basket, “you’ve tasted the sweetness of good. You’ve been treated the way you craved. Gentle, worshipped, devoured at your command. I trust you felt good.”
He paused, scanning the women—masks hiding nothing now, their bodies flushed, lips swollen, chests heaving.
“But it is not enough.” His words rolled like thunder. “The apple intoxicates you, opens you. And I can feel your hunger clawing at the edges. Goodness whets the appetite, but true satisfaction lies beyond it. Women of Velaria…” His hand lifted, dark and commanding. “…the sting of evil.”
The room stilled, but only for a heartbeat.
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