He was 100% right but still the guilt stayed. The pain stayed from not only the memory of my parent’s death or what Bella had said but the fact Bell... hated me so much. I felt my eyes brim again so Ryder pulled me back into him, yet again. Instead of my head being on his chest, he positioned my head on his shoulder. I could smell him all around me, I could feel him all around me. Well that’s because he was. One arm slung tightly around my waist pulling me into him and the other draped over my. They’ll want to make an example of you as a deterrent to others. Think yourself lucky you didn’t steal the item a month ago before the King changed the way shoplifters were treated. If you had, you’d be in prison now and waiting to go into the arena for a far worse whipping than you’ll get today. You’d probably get an eight-month prison sentence, spend it working in a brothel and go home pregnant. They don’t treat criminals lightly here in the belief that you are unlikely to offend again and. Some of them were really nice, asking me out fordinner and stuff, but I didn't like them in that way!I went for a check-up with Dr. Woodforde and he asked me when I wanted toschedule my final surgery, as I'd spent a year as a woman already. Iguessed he meant the SRS which showed that I was still fooling him intothinking that I actually wanted to be a woman. Bella would be happy withthat!I mentioned it to her when I spoke to her, and she said she'd let DrWoodforde in on the joke. I also. . talk first.” Then as her skin turned red and her horns came out, I realized that I may have made a tactical error. She looked into my eyes, her own blazing a terrible light. I gulped but held my ground.After a few nerve-wracking seconds, she turned and sat down in my spot. She crossed her arms, waiting, her tail twitching like a cat. Cat ... I was reminded of Selena, er, Princess, a cat in heat that had been transformed by the witch Kate into a wanton woman for me to fuck. The cat was missing.