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pulling the straps free
that would hold my hands. He looked deep into my eyes and he seemed
to be pleading. It was too tender a look for such a heavy thing he
was silently asking of me. He wanted me to go down without a
fight.
    The Sari brushed Griff aside. He leaned over
me, running his hands across my stomach as he reached for a strap.
I had to give him credit. I was feeling no fear now.
    He was not fast enough as I brought my legs
up wrapping them like snakes around his neck. He stared at me with
oddly calm eyes just before I slammed his head down, hard. The
impact vibrated through the table.
    Griff was on me immediately, knocking the air
from my lungs, but my grip held. Griff pried my legs free and the
Sari dropped to his butt on the floor, gasping. The Luna, who was
fully strapped down, looked on in horror.
    “I think I ripped your pretty dress.” Her
eyes flicked from me to the Sari, but she appeared too stunned to
speak.
    The Sari laughed which made my blood
boil.
    “I like this one. She is feisty. Pity we
could not keep her as a pet.” He wiped the blood from his lips and
got to his feet. “Maybe you should finish, Griff.”
    “Yes, sir.”
    Griff was leaning over me, quickly blocking
my view of the Sari.
    “You have not done yourself any favors in
this.”
    His sad eyes made me feel weak, and my chest
began to ache where he came down on me. I could feel the places his
hands had been to free the Sari. At least it would not be me to
suffer those aches once the anger wore off.
    He cinched the last straps across my feet and
stepped back, but remained close enough for me to see his eyes.
    “I am going to enjoy this one,” the Sari said
as he stroked my bare shoulder.
    “Enough theatrics! I would like the chance to
enjoy her. Let us get started before you make her do something we
will all regret.”
    “Yes, my love. You are right, as always.” His
tone was docile, placating.
    She closed her eyes and laid her head back as
if she were relaxing. She was not relaxed though. Every muscle in
her body was tensed which frightened me more than anything I had
seen yet. She sucked in a shallow tight breath, then another. Her
eyes flew open, staring straight up, but it did not look like she
was actually seeing the world around her.
    She remained like that for a moment then her
body began to twitch. The scream that followed was so frightening,
I felt it in my bones. Each scream that followed was worse. They
were the type of screams that no matter how long you lived, you
would never forget. The kind that would wake you in the night,
wishing you could scrub your mind just to free the images they
brought.
    Her body arched and writhed in spite of her
restraints.
    “Hold her!” a voice issued from below. Griff
responded immediately, pressing her flat to the table and looking
in her unseeing eyes. His charms did not work on her. Even under
his weight, she continued to thrash.
    Suddenly she was still. Griff lifted off of
her and watched tentatively. She turned her head toward me and
looked into my eyes. A small, sad smile graced her tortured face
making her beautiful in a way I had never seen her as before. Her
body relaxed and she went limp.
    Griff leaned down and brushed his fingers
over her eyes, closing them. It was such an intimate, tender act I
had to look away. As I did, I could swear I heard him whisper, “You
are free now.” I glanced back to see if I had imagined it, but he
was already turning from her. He returned to my table and stood
close to me. He did not cry, but his entire body seemed to
mourn.
    Chapter 3
    The Sari walked over and kneeled close to my
face. I could feel his breath against my ear. He stroked a hand
over the strap that restrained my chest.
    “I am going to enjoy this body.” His words
carried like a sigh of pleasure.
    I did not even have a chance to think before
my teeth were sinking into his cheek. He screamed as he ripped
free. The shock was still clear on his face when I felt the first
hook