Broken Wolf: Moonbound Series, Book Seven by Krystal Shannan, Camryn Rhys Read Free Book Online Page B

behind him.
    “Meaning…?” he said.
    “Meaning, this won’t be over when we’re finished at the club. You’ll wear these outfits home. You’ll be Ilya and Sasha back to the plane. Back to Choaca.” Her eyes twinkled. “I think it’ll be a good challenge for you to think of yourselves as Ilya and Sasha from now on, until your mission is over.”
    He didn’t speak. He didn’t want to be a sociopath for…what…days? Vadik might not be the best man in the world, but he certainly wasn’t as bad as Ilya Petrov. And he didn’t want to be that man for longer than he needed to be.
    He struggled enough with the conscience line already. He didn’t need Ilya there to push him over it.
    “We can do that,” Andrea piped up.
    He turned his head and, for a short moment, he thought he saw Sasha in the straight neck, dark hair, and downturned eyes. But Andrea’s voice came out of that body, and he wouldn’t get those confused.
    Not ever.
    “Perfect.” Natalja dropped the glove and clapped her hands. “Now. We’re going to do just a little play. Not anything sexy, because that’s not a line you’ll ever cross in the mission you’ve outlined. And every couple has their own rituals, so this is just to give you a taste of what men like Petrov will want from their slaves.” She walked to the wall and pulled down a bench. “Sasha, come over here.”
    Andrea obeyed, keeping her eyes down, and stopping in front of Natalja. The shorter woman helped her up on to the bench.
    “There, now. Stand very straight.” She crooked her finger at Vadik. “You, here.” She pointed to a spot just behind Andrea.
    He took his place with a wide stance. Andrea’s polka-dotted ass was just in front of his face and he could see the light between her thighs. This was already far more sexual than it should’ve been. But the appetite comes during the eating , as Babushka would say.
    “Now, Sasha, you’re going to cross your arms over your chest, and you’re going to stay straight as a board, and fall backwards.” Natalja touched Andrea’s hip and she startled.
    “Fall backwards?”
    “Yes. Vadik is going to catch you.” The shorter woman grinned and crossed one foot over the other, shifting all her weight to the other foot. “Your center of gravity will actually pass the horizontal stage before he catches you, so this is the ultimate test of trust. You not only pass the point where you can stop yourself from falling, but you pass the point where your body expects to land.”
    “I will catch you, though. Don’t worry,” he hurried to say. Dammit, settle down, boy .
    Andrea shifted her weight from foot to foot and took in a deep breath, in a very un-Sasha-like way. “Okay, I guess I can do this, then.” She looked straight at the wall and shook her head. “You’d better catch me.”
    With a completely straight body, she began to fall. Vadik sucked air between his teeth. So fast . He’d never expected her to fall so quickly.
    He scrambled to get into a good position, and put his hands up to stop her momentum. Her hand went around his neck and he found himself with Andrea in his arms, more like a bride over the threshold than a Master-slave.
    She gazed into his eyes and whispered, “I knew you’d catch me.”
    “Don’t look at the teeth of a horse you’ve been given, as Babushka would say.” He gave her a tight, half-smile.
    “Meaning?” Andrea asked, one brow raised.
    “Meaning, I almost didn’t catch you, but you’re not dead, so let’s not break it down for the audience.” He glanced over at Natalja, whose lips were tight and drawn, and he allowed himself a small laugh.
    “Right.” She pulled her hands to her side and Vadik set her on the ground.
    “I know, I know,” he said, “Bad form.”
    Natalja shrugged one shoulder. “It was your first trust fall. You’ll get the hang of it.” She pulled off her glove and whipped him on the thigh. “Now. Again.”
    The pain grounded him for a moment and he