The next day I decided it was no longer necessary to hide away and avoid the castle’s residents. I pulled on a simple green cotton dress and walked downstairs. I saw Alina in the hallway speaking with Sean. The second that Sean saw me he covered his suit shirt low over his hands. Why was that? He then bowed to Alina and departed towards the stairs that led to the kitchen. “He has arranged each of us to have a pet.” Alina said as I approached the duo. “Is that what you call it?” I asked bitterly in her direction about the arrangement that Dorian had made for her and Cassius. “Sorry.” She said in a lighter voice. “Bad name for it.” She then laughed. “But appropriate. He wants you; you know? Dorian.” Alina knew we had had s*x already and that he had bit me. Yes, I knew that he wanted

