This is my second installment of the series, it's a bit different from the first chapter, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless. Warning: there is erotic interaction between two women. If you do not approve of such things, then you might want to skip this chapter. All characters are fictional and entirely mine. Enjoy!
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Corentine slammed her hands onto the table, making its remaining three legs wobble unsteadily. Five cards were fanned out, displaying her fifth victory. The other men groaned, one threw his cards into the air with a sigh. Corentine grinned as she pulled her shimmering winnings into her satchel. The Hounds had been causing trouble at Penelope's the entire evening, taking whatever and whoever they wanted long after the sun had died. The sounds of fights and throws of delirious passion echoed throughout the cavernous rooms. More than once, Corentine caught the sight of a Hound's naked backside, a woman or two over his shoulders.
Despite washing herself in a river hours earlier, Corentine could still smell her master all over her. Never had he sent her back to the men in such a state. They all knew where Corentine would disappear to, what she did and who she was with, but it disturbed her to know that they finally saw the lewd evidence. She had half a mind to visit an Atonement Temple, but acquiesced to supervising when she thought of how rambunctious the Hounds would be at Penelope's.
"Another game?" Kahlil murmured, dragging her from her thoughts. The handsome cobalt eyed Hound grinned. The other men had sulked away from the table, leaving the two alone with a pile of cards and cups of wine between them. Corentine stretched back languidly against her seat and nodded. It was a common pastime for two to challenge one another to some sort of game. She almost looked forward to the challenges in the days between hired involvement.