Chapter Four
Cassius departed. That was the last I ever saw of him; he didn’t bother to say goodbye. I thought as he walked away, I f****d your little slut of a wife, and you don’t even know it. When he had gone Regulus took me by the arm and led me to the back of the house, to a bedroom. I could tell he couldn’t wait to get his hands on me. Now finally, I was to lose what I had been safeguarding all this time, my virginity. I could have hoped for a more propitious occasion, that the flower of my maidenhead was to be offered up to someone more appealing. But it was, like most of my life, out of my control.
I was still naked; I hadn’t been allowed to put my tunic back on. Regulus sat on the edge of the bed and pulled me face-down over his knee. He sat contemplating my bottom for a while.
