Page 40 of His Toy

The Wolf looked up from his meal to see them approaching and he smiled, warmly, like a host greeting his guests. It was strangely unnerving.

“Ah… good. You’re here. Now we can begin the show.”

Dread was like a lead ball in her stomach and the back of her throat, but, to her surprise, the soldiers sat her and Alex at the front of the dais and handed them each a plate of food. Uneasiness skittered across her senses. More of the Wolf’s unpredictable behavior. She’d already learned today she couldn’t anticipate what he might do.

A huge screen on the other side of the room lit up, and Bella gasped as she recognized the bedroom with Alex in it, just as she entered on the arms of the soldiers. She moaned low in her throat, the food in her mouth suddenly dry and tasteless.

They’d been recorded. Every movement. Every begging word.

Heads turned between her and Alex on the dais, and her and Alex on the screen, wanting to see their reactions. Bella didn’t have one. Everything felt numb as she watched Alex fuck her while she writhed beneath him. They’d been watched… and something inside her hurt as she saw what they’d done.

Something that could have been beautiful, that should have been private, was splayed across the screens for all these voyeurs. She was attracted to Alex, she was coming to depend on him. There was a connection between them and it had been made into something ugly. Something to be watched. Something ruined.

It wasn’t enough for the Wolf to just fuck them—he had to fuck with their heads, too. So, Bella did the only thing she could do.

She shut everything out.

* * *

Alex ignored the sights and sounds of the tape, even as anger boiled in his chest, to wrap his arm around Bella and turn her so she wasn’t facing the screen.

“Come on, Bella, you have to eat,” he said gently. She hadn’t taken a bite since the movie had started playing.

And he was calling himself six kinds of dumbass for not realizing—of course—the bedroom was bugged for both visual and audio. It wasn’t the kind of thing he’d ever had to think about in his life, though he’d seen things like it in movies. They were so isolated, so protected up on the Moon it hadn’t occurred to him to think they might be watched. The Wolf probably knew everything he and Bella had ever said to each other when they thought they were alone and safe. This was his way of telling them that.

As Alex fed her, he looked around the room for any hint of sympathy. Empathy. Anything he might be able to use to find an ally. He saw nothing but amusement and enjoyment at their expense.

The one bit of relief they got for the evening was that after they ate, they were dismissed. Their afternoon was still playing on the screen, with Bella on top, riding him And looking just as gorgeous as he remembered. His cock twitched a little, despite being overworked already.

The Wolf didn’t come to them that night, but it wasn’t a relief to Alex. What was the man was planning while he gave them time to recover?

14

Everything was back to normal in the morning, including Alex’s cock. Whatever was in the cream the soldier had rubbed onto him had worked miracles. He noticed Bella was moving easier too, as if she were barely sore anymore.

They were given their breakfast and then taken to exercise. Now that he was eating again, he was much more energized. Bella told him everything she’d talked with Trish about the day before. Now he just had to figure out which was the northeast side of the compound and where the entrance there was located. And if there were other ways to get in and out of the compound—there had to be.

Now that his brain felt like it was working again, he’d woken up with a flurry of new thoughts. Most of them were based on movies he’d seen, unfortunately, but he had to stop thinking like he usually did. He had to stop making assumptions about the place they were living. Now, though they were outside, he didn’t trust that there weren’t listening devices planted all around. He’d been assuming the Wolf relied on the electric collar around Alex’s neck and the trackers that had been planted in his and Bella’s arms to catch them if they escaped. It hadn’t occurred to him they’d be monitored beyond that.

Now he tried to be smarter about their situation, but he didn’t have much to go off, except fiction. The petty wars and conflicts of the Earth didn’t touch the Moon; they were almost completely separate entities. Even when the Moon families did intervene in Earth affairs in a military way, it was always with the use of mercenaries, not their own children.

For the first time, Alex wondered if perhaps that was a mistake… because how could he, or any of the victims taken by the Wolf, ever be prepared?

Bella’s swim didn’t last as long as his; she still seemed tired. Alex pushed himself to the limit, now that he was getting steady food again. Would the Wolf make them start earning their meals again or, now that Alex had done what the Wolf wanted, would the man move on from that particular torment?

Alex’s muscles burned by the end of his workout, but his energy was up. He felt good. Maybe even a little bit hopeful.

* * *

Bella watched Alex’s powerful body plow through the water and couldn’t help but wonder what her life might have been like if she and Alex had met before they’d met Ken and Lisa. She was incredibly attached to Alex, though their connection might only exist because of their situation. But she felt safe when she was snuggled in his arms.

It had hurt yesterday, to see their… their interlude in the room broadcasted and used. To know it hadn’t been either of their choices, even though they’d been alone. It had made her realize her feelings for him might be a bit more than just those of friends caught in a situation. Maybe it was because she’d become used to relying on Alex, but she also felt an incredible amount of resentment toward the Wolf for taking away something she hadn’t realized she wanted—sex with Alex. But not just sex.

Bella pushed down those emotions and sighed. It was pointless wondering what would have happened between her and Alex if they hadn’t been captured after they’d caught Ken and Lisa cheating on them. If she was honest with herself, it was doubtful they would have seen each other again. Seeing each other would have reminded them of their significant others’ infidelity.

Feeling like something had been stolen from them made no sense.

Shifting on her bottom made her wince. The soldiers had plugged her before letting her into the pool; they’d made her bend over and spread her cheeks. She’d been fortunate Alex had already been in the pool swimming laps, so he hadn’t seen her shameful position as she’d held her butt cheeks open for the soldiers while they’d talked about her pretty, virgin asshole and pushed the plug in and out of it. While she had gotten more used to having something in her ass, and it didn’t really hurt anymore, she still didn’t like it.

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