14 Astor Sitting on the deck, I watched the waves roll in. Alone. Nova had once again decided to go back to her room after our day of torturous fun. She’d been doing that for the last couple of weeks. She’d expressed interest in visiting the island’s private club, but I’d told her she wouldn’t like it. The truth was I knew there would be other people there ogling her body—and I didn’t want that. Jealousy had never been an issue with any of my other subs; the fact that I was feeling it now didn’t sit well with me. That’s the main reason I let Nova go home each evening after dinner. Although she’d kept her thoughts to herself, I could see her emotions in her eyes. She did still seem to care about me, much more than I thought she could. I thought the rush of tenderness she’d felt after

