Dirty Christmas
My voice wavered, betraying the nerves twisting in my gut.
I'd always been the good girl, top of my class, volunteer at shelters, dreaming of power but too scared to grab it. Until now. The society promised more: influence, protection, and rituals that blurred lines between pleasure and power. I'd fantasized about it, touching myself to thoughts of initiation, but standing here, face-to-face with these gods among men, my body flushed hot.
Theo stepped closer, his cologne wrapping around me like a vice, musky, intoxicating.