Love lies bleeding
Chapter 1 – Lion and zebra
She paused a moment before knocking at the door.
Her master had planned everything carefully, as was his wont. Yet for the first time she couldn't help wondering how this thing could backfire on her.
It was a big deal – that was for sure.
However, she had learned to trust the man who'd saved her from the living hell that was her life before she met him.
So she put on her best smile and knocked.
…
He knew who she was the moment she told him she'd been the one to bail him out.
He also knew he had to play along with her and wait for his enemy to make the first move.
That's why he allowed her to kiss him, and everything else that followed.
It didn't matter how good it felt after nine long years of self-denial. This was simply a means to his end – nothing more, nothing less.
He would save guilt for later on.