"You have to leave."
Shaddius is in my bed beside me. We just had mind blowing sex. Mind blowing was an understatement. Shaddius is laying there butt naked. His hard dick is slanted to the side of his leg. He's still semi hard. It's still dripping with cum. Shaddius is looking at me and he's licking his lips at that moment.
I'm not surprised when he gets up off the bed, crunching his hard abs until we are face to face. He gives me a long deep, passionate kiss and shoves his tongue as deep into my throat as possible.
"Let's go again," he tells me.
He places my hand on his dick and lets me jerk it off for a minute. I'm tempted. It's impossible not to be. Shaddius is everything. I mean the fact that I just had sex kind of blew my mind.
"I'm serious you have to go."
Shaddius sighs getting off the bed and slowly getting dressed probably hoping I'd change my mind, "I heard about you Amazons. Have sex with men and then just rip their hearts out of their chests afterwards."
"It's not like that. My sisters will kill you if they see you."
"So you're protecting me?" Shaddius asks raising his eyebrow, "So the uncivilized animal actually has a heart after all?"
"Shaddius...please."
"What about my offer?" Shaddius asks me,
"Wait. You were serious?"
"The hacker is a man, but he's unfertile. I'm assuming you are as well. I think it would be a fair trade. The Amazons get the Hacker and the Carolinians get you," Shaddius states.
My heart is racing in my chest.
All I knew was the Amazon. Me being traded to another country was the same thing that happened to Rahmell. If I agreed to that I didn't know what would happen. I'd go live in the Carolinas. I'd never been to that area. We'd been at war with them. I heard stories about the grand cities in the Carolinas but I'd never seen them before.
"I need to think about it," I say.
Shaddius nods, "Fine. Don't think too long though. I may have been gentle with you during sex but I'm not the most patient person in the world...not even for you."
Shaddius walks over to me. He kisses me once again. He's showing me that other side of him...once again. His lips press softly on mine. Then after the kiss he stares at me for a few seconds that seem like forever.
And as he leaves I wonder if the reason he wants me was really political or if it was personal.
We are sitting in a meeting room. I can't get the taste of Shaddius off of my lips. I can't get the smell of him off my skin. I can't get the memory of him out of my head. Shaddius isn't a Prince Charming. He's a little bit of a dickhead to be honest but there is something about him that blows my fucking mind.
Beryl is strong in her answer, "Grandmother won't give away family. Ever."
My sisters meet up with me in the morning for breakfast. I'd told them about Shaddius minus the fact that we slept together. That was one thing they didn't need to know about. We have breakfast in this area that looks like a buffet. I'm afraid to present the trade to my grandmother honestly so I'm stalling. Talking to my sisters first seem to really put things into perspective.
"Yes she would," Opal responds.
We all look at Opal. She's never been the one to beat around the bush. She has a strength about her. It's different from the Stingers. The Stingers were strong physically but Opal was strong mentally. The way she sat there quietly made me think she was really thinking about what my mother was going to do. Out of all my sisters she was the smartest. She was the most blunt and probably the meanest but she was also the smartest.
