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shouted, “Five million.”
    “I have five million from one of our newer bidders, Reyes of the Venezuelan system.”
    The crowd fell silent.
    “Do I hear five-million-one-hundred-thousand?”
    Engles suddenly called out. “Reyes, what the fuck do you think you’re doing?”
    Reyes glanced at Engles. “I want the woman.” He even offered a show of fangs, just to let Engles know he meant what he said.
    Engles met his gaze, staring at him hard, but Reyes kept glaring back. “My bid stands. You offering more?”
    Engles slowly shook his head. “You’ll regret this one day.”
    Reyes turned in the direction of the auctioneer. “Five million,” he reiterated in a loud voice.
    That old saying,
a pin drop,
fit the moment. No one contradicted Engles who didn’t have a death wish.
    The gavel came down in a hard crack. “Sold, the human Angelica, to the bidder Brogan Reyes.”
    He moved swiftly toward the stage and held out his hand to Angelica.
    “Fuck that.” She turned away, moving toward the stage proper. The two doms now stood at the top of the runway, whips in hand, ready to take charge of her if needed.
    She topped in her tracks. “Shit.”
    His decision to buy her might have been impulsive and incredibly stupid, but if he didn’t want to lose the entire game, he knew exactly what he had to do. He had to make her submit to him right now, in front of his peers.
    Rising into the air, he levitated in her direction. Her eyes opened wide as she stared at him. “You’re flying. Are you on wires or something?”
    She didn’t even know the truth about the world she’d entered. As he landed, he caught her around the waist in a grip so tight that she cried out in pain. “You’re hurting me.”
    A slight roll of laughter moved through the audience. “Just the beginning, sweetheart,” a voice called out.
    “Fuck you,” she shouted at the crowd.
    But he gripped her harder until she turned to stare at him and felt silent. “Let’s get something clear right now. You belong to me from this night forward. You’re my slave, Angelica. Got it?”
    He hated that this worthy woman would also have to learn the art of adopting a hated role, but it couldn’t be helped. He’d just saved her life, although that was something she probably wouldn’t understand for some time yet. But more than anything, he needed her to submit to him in front of his fellow Starlin members.
    She turned to stare at him, her eyes wide with horror. “Why are you doing this?”
    “Because I just bought you at auction, you’re my slave, and you need to learn your place. I want you to show these fine people that you understand your new role.”
    Using a pressure point between her shoulder and neck, he pinched hard.
    She cried out in pain. Inwardly, he recoiled, disgusted at himself for hurting her, but it couldn’t be helped. He pushed down on her at the same time so that she began to lower to her knees.
    A spattering of applause rolled through the club.
    He kept up the pressure until she’d landed on the wood runway, her hand gripping the back of his leg for support.
    “Stop, please stop.”
    “What do you call me, Angelica? Use the correct address, and the pain will go away.”
    She looked up at him, tears rolling down her cheeks. “I can’t believe this is who you are.”
    The look in her eyes of pain and disappointment tore at him, but he couldn’t stop now. He’d already made an enemy of the one man he’d needed to keep on his good side; if he didn’t uphold his cover now, he’d never get inside the Starlin inner circle, find the name of the man who ruled this group.
    “Then I guess you never really knew me.” He smiled, still pinching her hard. “Now what’s my name? What do you call me from this moment forward?”
    He increased the pressure so that she cried out again.
    “I don’t know. I don’t know what to call you.”
    “It’s simple: master. You call me master. Say it, loud enough for everyone to