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I lay curled up on the bed, naked beneath the sheets, every breath burning my ribs. The sting on my ass hadn’t faded, not even a little. It throbbed with every heartbeat, sharp and hot, reminding me again and again of the way Alpha Raiden had whipped me.
I couldn’t lie on my back. The moment the skin brushed anything, I cried out, so I stayed on my stomach, face pressed into the pillow, the sheets pulled around my waist.
Tears slipped down my cheeks before I even noticed them. Quiet, broken sobs. I didn’t want to cry, crying made the pain worse, but it was impossible not to. My body felt like one big bruise. My mind felt worse.
He had warned me.
Stay put.
I still shook thinking about the look in his eyes when he said it.
The room was dim, lit only by a single lantern. The s
