She opened her eyes to find
herself facing the mirror. Tasha blinked at herself. Her new haircut framed her
face softly, and the highlights many walks on the beach had put in her hair
gleamed brighter and prettier than before. Her face glowed. She looked like she
had slept well for months on end though there had been little real rest on the
hard pallet that served as a bed in the prison camp.
“You are an artist,” she told Nur.
“I don’t think I’ve ever looked this good, not even when I was ten years
younger and wearing makeup. Thank you.”
He smiled brightly, pleased with
her earnest tone. “I’m glad you like it. We have just a little more before I’ll
be satisfied.” He held up yet another dispenser of beautifying elixir. “I want
you to put this cream all over your body.”
Tasha eyed him for a long moment
in the mirror before slowly shaking her head. “You do it.”
He froze for a long moment as he
stared at her in the mirror. The dark that hid in his eyes came out in full
force, filling his face with intense determination. All the sweetness of his
expression fled from his face. He had every bit the same ruthless look that
Wekniz wore like a second skin.
Nur turned the chair from the
mirror to make Tasha face him. He leaned over her, his gaze boring into her
eyes. His face filled her vision, inches from her own. Tasha forgot to breathe
under that stare.
“Don’t tease what you don’t truly
want to give. I mean that, Matara.” His tone said he was not one to play games
… but the sweetish-spicy scent of arousal came off him to fill her nose. He
wanted her, but there was clear warning that she’d better be sure she wanted
him too.
She swallowed and searched for her
voice. She found a ghost of it. “I’m not teasing.” Especially not when you’re looking at me like that. Her heart raced
with the thrill of his intensity. “I liked what I saw in the shower. What I’m
seeing right now.”
A slow, evil smile twitched his
lips. “Then it would be my pleasure to attend to you. However, you should know
that if you give me the delight of touching your body, I will be bound to delight
you in return. That means giving me full access to everything, no questions
asked.”
Releasing Friday
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