Hey everyone, thanks for joining me again! A new chapter for your reading pleasure, this time set in Turpin's perspective. R&R, please and thank you!
The Judge sat browsing one of the books in his personal library while his good friend Beadle Bamford enjoyed a brandy by the fire. There was a picture here, one he looked at so often the page had begun to lose its grip on the spine; a picture that looked like her. He came upon it and his breath caught in his chest, as it always did when he glimpsed her. The water colored picture looked delicate on the page, even though it depicted the carnal and perverse desires of the flesh.
He would stare at the picture for hours in the evening, fantasizing that he was the man represented; that he was the one touching and tasting every inch of skin on her body. He imagined the sounds she would make, the short gasps and moans of pleasure or pain, both of them excited him. The thought of dominating her, this beautiful woman who haunted his mind night and day, set his body aflame with desire.
She would be his. He would make quite certain of that.
"Invite Lucy to the ball tomorrow night." he said, shutting the book carefully.
The Beadle looked up from the fire where his gaze had been resting, his face flushed from his drink.
"The masquerade, sir?"
"Indeed." he replied. "Send for her tomorrow evening. Better yet, go to retrieve her and bring her to me." The judge smiled at the thought of seeing Lucy surprised and a little scared at being called on by such a powerful man at so late an hour.
"Tell her I am remorseful for her unfortunate situation and would like to make amends, if she will let me." A thought sprang to his mind that stretched his mouth into a smug grin. "Tell her I will arrange for her husband's safe return, if she will only do me this one favor."
He ran his open palm over the leather cover of the book still on his lap and smiled at his long time friend. The toadish little man smiled with his crooked teeth and laughed deep in his chest.
Yes, the judge would have her, one way or another.
R&R.