Reynia Diary Entry

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The man carefully stroked Reynia’s cheek while tugging her tightly to his body. The mans breath was acid smelling of whiskey. His eyes looked up and down Reynias small quivering frame. The man eyed her as though just a piece of meat, one so tantalizingly close. Reynia was the prey, and he the predator. The mans hot breath sent shivers down her neck. He licked his lips hungrily, as if preparing for a meal. Reynia jerked her head to the side and took a strangled gasp preparing herself for the worst. If only she had been more careful, more cautious. If only she had listened to Logan and stayed more hidden. Reynia knew what she possessed was dangerous. The one thing that all woman born into a live a slavery dreaded. Something
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13 years in Shi time. The girl had fallen while serving a drunk man and the man had snatched her up. The young girl did not know what horror a man like that could do. And seeing the young girl frozen in fear as the man groped her had made Reynias protection instinct kick in. She had run out of the shadows. Pulled her head up from the hood that usually covered her face and rushed to the little girl. Reynia took the young girls tiny frame and pushed her to the wall. Reynia ran to go back to her hiding spot but was stopped by a forceful tug of an arm. And the same man pulled Reyenia's hair until she found herself it the mans lap. WIth his hungry gaze. Reynia waited for the worst as she clenched her eyes shut with her head tilted away from the man. He roughly pulled Reynia's hair from its usual tied up position with her leather band and Reynia's long dark curls tumbled down. Then the man took a fistful of her hair and put his nose up to it, smelling her. His other hand slowly made its way to Reynia's neck and teased closer to the edges of er corset. Reynia tried to jerk away from him, but her struggles only resulted in the man pulling Reynia closer to him grinding her small frame into his large one. His tongue

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