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“Are you okay?” he asked.
She shook her head with a sob. How could she explain an emotion she didn’t even comprehend? He pulled her into his side.
“Did he defile you?”
He sighed in relief as she shook her head.
“Father called,” he said.
“When?”
“Right before I came outside. Why didn’t you answer?”
“I didn’t hear him,” she sobbed.
“You didn’t hear him?” Brock echoed.
She nodded sadly. “That’s a bad thing, isn’t it?”
Brock pulled her into his arms, warming her with his inner light. “Shhh. It will be all right. We all experience growing pains.”
It wasn’t growing pains. Her father chose her specifically for this assignment. Starting tomorrow, her work began. The quicker she finished her job, the faster she returned home.
FOUR
Jas
Afucking angel!The glass in his hand cracked as he squeezed it. He threw the shards against the wall, causing them to shatter, but one piece was already embedded in his palm. He pulled the jagged shard out, which had dug at least two centimeters into his skin, yet he didn’t feel any pain.
Darkness ruled his world for centuries and now, this creature breathed new life into him, and all he could think of was ways to corrupt her. What the fuck was wrong with him? He wanted to show the angel who was in charge, but he’d pushed too far.
Summoning Amanda to his office had been a mistake. One look at her half-naked body on his desk and his cock couldn’t get hard. Shit like that never happened to him before. However, once Seraphina entered the room, he became painfully erect. She was everything he never needed before and wanting her drove him mad.
In the shower, Jas worked his cock imagining those full lips stretched around him. He came so hard his vision turned white.And then he punched the tile wall with veracity, cracking several until his knuckles bled.
Jas stared at himself in the mirror for a long time before brushing oil through his beard to soften and condition it. Being in close proximity to Seraphina awakened the demons of his past. He saw the monster he truly was in the mirror. Jasper Conrad didn’t fool anyone. He yanked the towel bar from the wall and struck the glass several times as it cracked and littered the counter top.
He’d earned his fortune and eternal life by sacrificing an innocent. Was Seraphina another sacrifice? There was no other explanation for her sudden appearance.
The blood pulsing through her veins lured him in like a siren as his cock stiffened again. He would possess her at any cost. And unluckily for her, it would happen soon.
After staring at the ceiling all night, he arrived at work early. He called his house manager and told him to hire someone to fix up the bathroom he’d destroyed. The next call was to his personal shopper.
If Seraphina were to be his assistant, he would ensure she outshone every other woman in the city. His circle would understand the prize belonged to him. He didn’t stop at office apparel, he’d ordered gowns and even lingerie.
He ordered new toys and accessories as nothing that touched another woman was worthy of the angel’s pure body. The last thing he did was contact a jeweler to discuss a custom order.
By the time he was finished, he’d charged thousands to his black card. Though money was no object, he’d never spent a dime on an assistant before. Jas didn’t have relationships. Heindulged in sex with hundreds, possibly thousands of women over two hundred years. He could pass them all on the sidewalk and not recall a name or face.
Even if women didn’t flock to him, he could easily compel them, pulling them in as his mentor taught him. It was the law of the beast. Many met death at his hand with a smile on their face.
The whir of the elevator grabbed his attention. When the doors opened, the honeysuckle scent wafted around once more.
“Seraphina,” he barked.
Her heart sped up, making the corner of his lip rise in amusement. She could deny everything, but her body betrayed her. Her footsteps were muffled as she walked, clearly forgoing heels.
“Come in,” he called as she timidly knocked.
