[fine, she wants to say, but her throat goes right on that lie. She’s still recovering from the emotional damage of what was forced on her during that night in Patara, even if the physical damage has been tended to. But she—she can’t say it. She can’t say anything about it because she knows him.
Ilyushka, they wouldn’t stop—
You disappeared again and I thought it was forever this time—
Ilyushka, they hurt me and you being here wouldn’t have stopped them.
No. No, she can’t breathe a word of that. She doesn’t want to hurt him like that. She imagines that’s a big brother’s worst nightmare and he hasn’t even come to grips with her just being in a place like this, and what that means she has done at least three times a month since arriving.
...best not to bring what she was and wasn’t willing to do into it already.]
...I’m intimately familiar with the feeling. I came here and found you pretty well established after all. But, don’t worry Ilya! I’m a Dominant and... we’ll, shortly after My group of arrivals showed up, all of us were ushered off to a weeklong trip on a luxury boat and randomly paired off with an opposite designated person.
[She goes... very, very pink.
Well, the Devorak Moon Eyes are easy enough to spot.]
That’s, um, that’s how I met my Leo. The Ilya on the boat turned me down flat when I offered to contract with him and... well, Leo and I sort of—we contracted but, he’s my—he’s just... wonderful.
[She beams up at him.]
I’m so happy with him, Ilyushka. He’s a dream come true. ...oh! I own a business now too; a bath house!
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[fine, she wants to say, but her throat goes right on that lie. She’s still recovering from the emotional damage of what was forced on her during that night in Patara, even if the physical damage has been tended to. But she—she can’t say it. She can’t say anything about it because she knows him.
Ilyushka, they wouldn’t stop—
You disappeared again and I thought it was forever this time—
Ilyushka, they hurt me and you being here wouldn’t have stopped them.
No. No, she can’t breathe a word of that. She doesn’t want to hurt him like that. She imagines that’s a big brother’s worst nightmare and he hasn’t even come to grips with her just being in a place like this, and what that means she has done at least three times a month since arriving.
...best not to bring what she was and wasn’t willing to do into it already.]
...I’m intimately familiar with the feeling. I came here and found you pretty well established after all. But, don’t worry Ilya! I’m a Dominant and... we’ll, shortly after My group of arrivals showed up, all of us were ushered off to a weeklong trip on a luxury boat and randomly paired off with an opposite designated person.
[She goes... very, very pink.
Well, the Devorak Moon Eyes are easy enough to spot.]
That’s, um, that’s how I met my Leo. The Ilya on the boat turned me down flat when I offered to contract with him and... well, Leo and I sort of—we contracted but, he’s my—he’s just... wonderful.
[She beams up at him.]
I’m so happy with him, Ilyushka. He’s a dream come true. ...oh! I own a business now too; a bath house!