I always got the sense something bad had happened to Master years ago, something that knocked him off track in life and he could never recover from it.
Still, that gave him no right to treat me the way he did. Asshole.
He brought his eyes up to meet mine. They were bloodshot.
“Uh, yeah,” I said. “Sure.”
What else did you say to a man who would bludgeon you if you showed him the least bit of disrespect?
I lowered my eyes and turned away from him. I didn’t like to be so close. Pain always followed.
“I should get back to tidying up,” I said.
Then I felt it.
Something grazed my ass and cupped one cheek.
I leaped back.
Master’s hand cupped the air, expecting my ass to be there. He seemed confused it wasn’t.
Okay, so that was new.
He’d never touched me like that before. I always got the feeling he was disgusted by me. He always looked at me like I was something stuck to the bottom of his boot.
But this time it was different.
I’d never been more afraid of him.
“What… What are you doing?” I said.
“You cook and clean for me,” Master slurred. “I think it’s about time you performed other womanly duties.”
He reached up to grab at my chest.
I reacted without thinking and pulled out of his reach.
In that moment, I knew I’d made a mistake.
His face curled into a sneer and he balled his hands into huge fists. I’d never fought against him as he beat me before. It would only anger him and make him hurt me more.
This time, with my act of defiance, I truly believed he might go too far and carry out that final act that would result in serious harm or even death.
“You’re going to pay for that, girl,” he said.
He slipped his worn belt from his baggy pants and bent it double. He approached me.
I stumbled back into the front room, stepping on the chain. It bit into the soft skin of my feet. It clinked as I drew back, drawing tight. I’d reached the maximum distance of my confinement.
“You’re going to give me what I want,” Master said, joining me in the room. “One way or another.”
My hands found the handle of the mop. I didn’t know what I was doing with it. I had no plans.
Instinct took over.
As he drew his arm back to strike at me, my arms swung around. The handle collided with the side of his head. It struck so hard it snapped in half and clattered to the hard tile floor.
He stumbled back and fell on the bed. He placed a hand to the side of his head. He looked from it to me and wore an expression of both shock and confusion.
I gripped what remained of the mop in my hands, my arms surprisingly steady. The dirty water from the cloth sloshed over my arms and down my front. I didn’t take my eyes off him.
Master leaned forward to get to his feet and scoop his dropped belt off the floor. His knees shook like he was performing a grotesque dance, before giving out beneath him completely.
“You… bitch,” he managed before slumping over on the bed.
Bianca is lost in space. She has no money and no friends. She’s desperate to return home and will do anything to get there. That’s when she meets Traes, her new Titan boss. He’s a tyrant ruling over his empire. She wants to break him down, tear him up, and make him beg for what she knows he wants. SEIZED BY THE ALIEN is available now.
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Hi. I'm Tammy Walsh. I've been reading romance and science fiction my whole life. I always wondered why those genres hadn’t been a mash-up years ago and now I'm super excited I get to combine them into a single steamy encounter!
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CAGED BY THE ALIEN
Book Two in the Fated Mates of the Titan Empire series
by Tammy Walsh
Copyright © 2020 Tammy Walsh
Published by Urgency
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