She stamps and whinnies, throws her head around eyes rolling. Planting her feet, facing him, pawing the ground. She was warning him. Threatening him. ...elling him to run away or she would hurt him. He never changes and the patter never ends. He watches as her sides heave, she moves sideways, indecisive, sidling around behind him. He knows the danger here but doesn’t move. The patter never stops… [Whuff] [Whuff] [Whuff] Her hot breath tickles the back of his neck. She could reach forward and. ‘Soph…’ He paused to hook a curl pinned between their bodies and draw it back over her shoulder. ‘I had always known that Bella and I were to wed. It was an decision made before either of us were even born.’ Sophie nodded her agreement. It was common knowledge that Cole and Bella’s fathers had long planned to unite their estates by having their children marry. Moreover, Cole knew that, as a lady of good family, she understood that most marriages in the ton were contracts made to increase. ”“Be gone, servant!” the Head Trainer’s harsh voice slashed through the air. “We will see if you can still be used later.”“I beg forgiveness, Head Trainer,” the servant bowed again, and began walking away.Lucas registered the young man moving from his side. The hand the servant had held throughout the ceremony of initiation felt cold. Colder than the rest. He gave it no longer thought. He was to receive his first mission.“Let the trial test begin,” the Head Trainer commanded, as soon as the. He softens almost instantly and he bends fown and kisses my head.We say nothing, for after all our years together there is no need for a "thank you" or any words of endearment. He lets me go to the bathroom first and I leave the door open so that he can watch me sponging between my legs then patting myself dry. I wonder if I am getting more pleasure out of being watched than he is out of doing the watching.How exciting, I think, if a stranger should walk in and see me tending to my woman's.