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Julia?”
“’Bout a week afta you stop lockin’ us up, Massa,” Julia said softly, a little catch in her voice. Leon’s brows furrowed and she continued, “Massa Thorn used to lock us up every night so we can’t get out and nobody get in. When you stop, he start comin’ around at night, makin’ me go with him….”
Leon nodded once, unable to formulate words as anger tore through him. On another slave plantation, this might be normal, but while he was master, it was not going to happen. In fact, he’d thought he was doing the house slaves a favor by not locking them up like animals. He now saw that while he was treating them a bit more like human beings, Pleasant had been using it to his advantage, raping Julia and Luna knew who else!
“Has he done this to anyone else?” Leon asked through gritted teeth.
Julia shook her head and replied in disgust, “’E only wants me.”
“Why?”
“Says I look most white,” Julia replied, bitterness obvious in her voice.
“Would you prefer that I lock the door to your room at night?” Leon asked.
Julia’s gaze darted up to his and he caught a glimpse of hope before she lowered her eyes. “We’s your slaves, Massa. You tell us what you do.”
“I’m asking you, Julia.”
“Yes, Massa,” she murmured. “It make us sleep more easy.”
“Go back to the plantation, Julia.” She seemed anxious to get away and was already moving by the time he finished speaking. “And if something like this happens again, you let me know. No matter who it is, you come to me.”
She paused and looked over her shoulder at him. A brief nod later and she disappeared into the trees.
***
Penny stepped from the bushes and shifted to her human form. Her full breasts heaved as she glared at him. “You should have let me kill him! It could have been blamed on an animal.”
Leon watched her with a mixture of lust and confusion. His brain was still fuzzy when it came to her, as he could still remember the feel of her body yielding to his. He took an unconscious step toward her, before shaking his head and taking two back. He had to remember his purpose, remember why being with her would harm that purpose.
She eyed him curiously. “He won’t stop, Leon. He’ll stay away from Julia for a few days, perhaps weeks, but he’ll find someone else. That’s how they are. That’s how they always will be.”
“They?” Leon queried, trying to keep his mind off how easy it would be to continue where they’d left off. Penny was already naked. It would take only seconds to remove his own clothing and press her to the ground. He shifted uncomfortably and forced himself to look away from the dark triangle of curls that beckoned.
“Pleasant, Thorn, Ryder: white men who think themselves entitled to any slave on any plantation.”
“Thorn?” Leon frowned as she mentioned her previous master. “How was your relationship with Adam Thorn?”
Penny swallowed, a bit nervously, and blinked. She didn’t speak for long moments, which only piqued his interest. Leon tried to enter her mind, But she’d closed herself off to him. He’d taught her well.
“As any slave’s relationship with her master,” Penny replied easily. Her tone and expression were at odds, however. Her face was a cold mask of…hatred.
“Tell me about Adam Thorn.” He moved toward her slowly, watching her expressions as he did so.
“What is there to tell?” Penny replied. “He was my master, much like you are, and I was his slave.”
“No, not like me,” Leon corrected, slipping a hand to her cheek. She turned her face into it and stared up at him from lowered lids. “Tell me about Adam Thorn, Penny.”
She closed her eyes and Leon stepped closer, gently caressing her cheek with his thumb.
“He was a few years older than I and he was raised, much like his father,, to believe himself a god on this plantation. He enjoyed…hurting people, hurting slaves.”
“Did he hurt you?” Leon asked, surprised at
“’Bout a week afta you stop lockin’ us up, Massa,” Julia said softly, a little catch in her voice. Leon’s brows furrowed and she continued, “Massa Thorn used to lock us up every night so we can’t get out and nobody get in. When you stop, he start comin’ around at night, makin’ me go with him….”
Leon nodded once, unable to formulate words as anger tore through him. On another slave plantation, this might be normal, but while he was master, it was not going to happen. In fact, he’d thought he was doing the house slaves a favor by not locking them up like animals. He now saw that while he was treating them a bit more like human beings, Pleasant had been using it to his advantage, raping Julia and Luna knew who else!
“Has he done this to anyone else?” Leon asked through gritted teeth.
Julia shook her head and replied in disgust, “’E only wants me.”
“Why?”
“Says I look most white,” Julia replied, bitterness obvious in her voice.
“Would you prefer that I lock the door to your room at night?” Leon asked.
Julia’s gaze darted up to his and he caught a glimpse of hope before she lowered her eyes. “We’s your slaves, Massa. You tell us what you do.”
“I’m asking you, Julia.”
“Yes, Massa,” she murmured. “It make us sleep more easy.”
“Go back to the plantation, Julia.” She seemed anxious to get away and was already moving by the time he finished speaking. “And if something like this happens again, you let me know. No matter who it is, you come to me.”
She paused and looked over her shoulder at him. A brief nod later and she disappeared into the trees.
***
Penny stepped from the bushes and shifted to her human form. Her full breasts heaved as she glared at him. “You should have let me kill him! It could have been blamed on an animal.”
Leon watched her with a mixture of lust and confusion. His brain was still fuzzy when it came to her, as he could still remember the feel of her body yielding to his. He took an unconscious step toward her, before shaking his head and taking two back. He had to remember his purpose, remember why being with her would harm that purpose.
She eyed him curiously. “He won’t stop, Leon. He’ll stay away from Julia for a few days, perhaps weeks, but he’ll find someone else. That’s how they are. That’s how they always will be.”
“They?” Leon queried, trying to keep his mind off how easy it would be to continue where they’d left off. Penny was already naked. It would take only seconds to remove his own clothing and press her to the ground. He shifted uncomfortably and forced himself to look away from the dark triangle of curls that beckoned.
“Pleasant, Thorn, Ryder: white men who think themselves entitled to any slave on any plantation.”
“Thorn?” Leon frowned as she mentioned her previous master. “How was your relationship with Adam Thorn?”
Penny swallowed, a bit nervously, and blinked. She didn’t speak for long moments, which only piqued his interest. Leon tried to enter her mind, But she’d closed herself off to him. He’d taught her well.
“As any slave’s relationship with her master,” Penny replied easily. Her tone and expression were at odds, however. Her face was a cold mask of…hatred.
“Tell me about Adam Thorn.” He moved toward her slowly, watching her expressions as he did so.
“What is there to tell?” Penny replied. “He was my master, much like you are, and I was his slave.”
“No, not like me,” Leon corrected, slipping a hand to her cheek. She turned her face into it and stared up at him from lowered lids. “Tell me about Adam Thorn, Penny.”
She closed her eyes and Leon stepped closer, gently caressing her cheek with his thumb.
“He was a few years older than I and he was raised, much like his father,, to believe himself a god on this plantation. He enjoyed…hurting people, hurting slaves.”
“Did he hurt you?” Leon asked, surprised at
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