She went to hug Karen, but Karen kept her at arms distance and stepped around her into the lounge. Gillian followed her in, and when I entered the roo... last, they were sitting on either end of the sofa. A cautious look passed between them.I sat down on the armchair opposite them and realized we were mimicking the discussion at the pub last night. Was it really only twenty-four hours ago? So much had changed.They both looked at me, expecting me to start, but this wasn’t my decision. I’d made. ’ I am madness And she came unto me and begged of me forgiveness or maybe just patience. Compliance brings me to where I am now. I will wait until the Armageddon and the missiles fly. I will abide by her wishes until my Tessa returns and we are one. She pressed her cold hardened lips against mine and I felt my body push inside hers. My incubus trapped somewhere deep within my groin I could feel her overwhelming desire to swallow my demons whole. And the seed was planted. And the madness. His master had never hit him. Threatened, yes, asserted dominance, yes. But he was not violent like this. He stared in stupefaction at his master’s eyes, shining with something new and frightful, as he continued to hit the slave, as much as the bars and the distance allowed, trying to make the male inside yield. But the slave stood still, only a small flinch in the muscles of his face being a sign that he was registering each and every hit.Without thinking, he grabbed his master’s arm, eyes. Looking up, Patty realized suddenly that Michelle seemed to be struggling just as much as she was. “I know it sounds like a weird question, but have you?”After what seemed like ten years, Michelle replied in a voice that was even softer than Patty’s, “Truth? Yeah, I have. I mean, I know it’s supposed to be wrong and everything, and I know I’m not supposed to have those kinds of thoughts, but I have them anyway. And I don’t care what anyone else thinks, I’ve thought it before, and I’m gonna keep.