Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Just like a Pet

I was too stunned to move. His hand tightened possessively where it had no right to be, and I felt the heat of the humiliation rise through my spine like a fever. I sucked in a shaky breath, barely able to process what had just happened.

He touched me like I wasn’t even a person anymore, like I was a puppet in his arms for display. And he had done it all while the prince stood behind me. Watching and bearing witness to the filth and degradation Lucian so casually dragged me through. My hands trembled where they rested, and I thought I would fall apart right then.

But Lucian wasn’t satisfied with just humiliation.

His hand shifted again, and before I could even recoil...

Smack!

Lucian slapped me so hard on my butt that I was sure that it would have left a bruise.

I was so shocked, I almost screamed.

The slap had come so out of nowhere that it ripped the breath from my lungs. My throat clenched around the sound that tried to escape, but I muffled it, forcing it back down like bile. Because I knew what it would sound like.

If I cried out, if I so much as whimpered, my voice would betray me. It would sound like I liked it.

And I refused to let a single noise leave me. So I clamped my mouth shut, my teeth grinding together so hard my jaw ached. I wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of a single sound.

But Lucian wasn’t done.

His hand came down again, this time with full force.

through the chamber as his palm smacked hard against my other backside, the sting blooming instantly across my skin. It wasn’t playful or restrained; he meant it to hurt. He wanted

And still, I didn’t.

shook with effort, my entire body trembling in his grip, but I didn’t make a sound. I would

and sank my teeth into the side of his neck where he had pinned my head down. It wasn’t deep enough to draw blood but hard enough to make him

like he was entertained. Like I

behind me, his voice thick with smug delight. "Isn’t she

The shame was

bear to see the look in his eyes—the disgust, the disbelief,

could stop them. Silent, hot

never felt

when they stripped me of my name, my title, or

being paraded like a broken toy for the prince to

hand stroked my back mockingly, still pretending tenderness, as he whispered low beside my ear,

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Prince Vaelen’s POV~

didn’t seem bothered at all by my

forced in his lap like a puppet, he wore the same smirk

her waist like he owned her. "You caught us at

the truth. Her whole

added, his tone dropping as though he meant to share something personal. "You wouldn’t believe how obedient she is now. Sharp little tongue, sure, but that just makes it more

I didn’t

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