#Chapter 24: A Proposition Is Made

I swallow hard, trying to steady my racing heart. “What do you want, Rudy?” He chuckles softly, his breath warm against my ear. “My offer to bear Sirius’s child still stands.” He walks around me, sliding onto the chair next to me. “Sirius does not seem interested,” I counter, shifting my body away from Rudy, to the point where I am almost hanging off the edge of the chair. “You are laughably dense if you think Sirius is truly not interested in you carrying his children,” Rudy says, lighting a cigarette. “He’s just stubborn, but he will take you in any way he can get you.” “I’m already a mistress,” I whisper through my teeth. “There is nothing else for him to take, and I don’t need, or want another role.” Rudy laughs, a cold, mocking sound. “You’re not being treated as a mistress, Elise. You’re being treated as a captive princess.” I blink, shaking my head slightly. “What are you saying?” Rudy straightens, his expression turning serious as he takes a long draw from his cig