Maybe a compromise that can be made.”
“Compromise?”
“Maybe keep you at home and let you work proper jobs in town, let you open a business….we don’t know yet. An hour of dancing flew by and when I emerged, the cage coordinator informed me that I had requests for private dances. XXNX I know the headmaster would like to parade you around as his own personal brochure for the school but I’m worried about you. I assume it’s to let your body rest and heal a bit.”
“Feels strange to be so empty for so long.”
My orderly scoffed, “Hearing a woman say things like that never stops being weird.”
I showered, put my hair in a ponytail and put on my uniform. When I went back out to the bar to hand in the black heart before heading out to the car, Katie pulled me aside.
