Page 41 of His Toy

And having it inside her made Bella increasingly nervous. She’d been so sure yesterday the Wolf would take her anal virginity when Alex had been taken away. Now she worried he’d just been waiting for when Alex could be an alert and energetic audience.

After Alex got out of the pool, he came and sat next to Bella to dry off in the sun. She tried not to look at his body or think about how attractive he was with the droplets of water rolling down his skin. It always seemed wrong to check him out, considering their situation.

Even more wrong when she sometimes thought he was looking at her and she’d feel a thread of pleasure at his attention.

“Hey,” she mumbled, peeking at him from underneath her eyelashes. She still wasn’t sure how he felt about her behavior the afternoon before, drugged or not. He acted like everything was normal between them—well, as normal as it could be—but maybe it was just that: acting.

“Hey.” His eyes were fixed on some of the soldiers who had gathered together and were talking in a circle, not paying any attention to her and Alex. Jordan wasn’t anywhere near them; he was walking around the pathways with Trish, and it looked like they were talking. “What do you think they’re talking about?”

Bella looked again to make sure he was referring to the soldiers. “Us maybe?”

“Maybe, but they haven’t looked over here once.” Alex said softly, as if he were talking to himself more than her. “They’re distracted.”

Was he really thinking about trying to escape right now? Had he somehow already figured out where the main entrance to the compound was? She hoped not—it seemed like the perfect way to get caught. Plus, they still had the trackers in them, and he still had the collar on.

He glanced over at her and must have seen something of her thoughts on her face. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to try anything right now. I’m just wondering why they’re talking rather than paying attention to us, for once.”

“Maybe they’re just finally used to seeing us naked.” She hadn’t meant it as a joke, but a grin flashed across Alex’s face, and she found herself smiling back. It felt odd to smile. But something in her chest loosened, as if her heart were just a little bit lighter.

“Maybe,” he said as his smile faded. The brief moment was gone as quickly as it had come.

* * *

When they were led back into the Wolf’s lair, as Alex darkly thought of it, he didn’t know what to expect. It was lunch time, but would they be required to earn their meal? They hadn’t yesterday, and look how that had turned out. Bella still seemed uncomfortable around him, which Alex understood, but it still grated on him.

They were both still adapting to being completely out of control of their lives. He had to admit, she was already working better within the framework of their new reality than he was. Submitting to someone else was not natural for Alex, and he had to fight his instincts, had to stop and second-guess his reactions. If he could imitate Bella, could lull them all into thinking he was beaten, that he had accepted what was happening to them…

Perhaps.

Besides, he’d come to realize the Wolf didn’t get off on just having him and Bella as prisoners. He got off on Alex’s resistance to everything more than he did on toying with them physically. Maybe if Alex acted beaten, the Wolf would get bored with them, as well as careless.

It was worth a shot, anyway. If they could just have the opportunity to explore more of the compound, even with the cameras watching, that would be something. He needed to find out how and where to get his collar and the trackers in their shoulders removed, and how to get out of the compound. From watching the guards in the outdoor area, he knew their normal routines, but as today had proved, they didn’t always follow that.

That meant something must be going on. Probably not with him and Bella, since none of the guards had paid attention to the prisoners—which was also important. Something that would distract the entire compound and allow Alex and Bella a tad more freedom.

Or maybe they would just be locked into their room, but perhaps he could use that to his advantage. If people weren’t watching as closely, maybe he and Bella could try to take his collar off.

The Wolf ignored them all through lunch while he had a series of intense, low-voiced discussions with his people. Jordan was there without Trish, which meant something was happening. That, or something had happened to her, but since Alex had just seen her a few hours ago, he tried not to be unduly worried.

Once he and Bella were done eating, they were left sitting there, only nominally guarded and waiting. Bella was somewhat curled up, hiding her body from the people seated at the tables, more than one of whom looked at her and Alex. He ignored their attention and didn’t bother to hide any of himself. It gave them something to look at so maybe no one would care that Bella was mostly hidden from their view.

He and Bella didn’t talk, although they exchanged several looks. Alex was too busy straining to hear the conversations between the Wolf and his soldiers. He couldn’t hear much.

“She’s requested that…”

“… and set the usual guards…”

“… what does she offer for…”

Snippets of conversation tantalized but didn’t give him a clear idea of what was going on. Something was being planned—something involving a woman—but since they all referred to her as ‘she,’ rather than by name, he wasn’t sure who the woman in question was. Or what was being planned.

He glanced at Bella, who also had her head tilted as though she was listening. Bella did a lot of listening, he’d noticed. More than he did, sometimes. Quiet, unobtrusive, and not nearly as rebellious as Alex, he bet some of the Wolf’s people even forgot she was there when she wasn’t providing them with entertainment. Somehow, he didn’t think the same kind of tactic would work for him.

A sudden lull made him look up, directly into the Wolf’s green eyes, which were now focused on him. Beside him, Alex felt Bella shiver. His own reaction was to tense, his muscles ready to go. Even though he’d pushed himself during this morning’s workout, and he was tired, adrenaline sent energy surging through him. Besides, he’d gotten to rest for a little bit while they’d been sitting on the dais.

“Ah, Pet and Toy… Don’t worry, I didn’t forget about you. In fact, I have plenty of time for you now.” The anticipatory gleam in his eye made Alex clench his fists. Whatever the Wolf had planned, he already knew he wouldn’t like it. The Wolf snapped his fingers, and Alex turned his head around as he heard the whir of machinery.

People were moving back as the floor opened and the erotic torture chamber came up through the opening. The platform ground into place, ready and awaiting use with its multitude of apparatuses.

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