Games with the Orc (Monster Smash Agency, #1)

by Kathryn Moon

Ahead of me, a broad doorway revealed a darker room and the corner of an enormous four-poster bed. "This…isn't quite what I was expecting," I admitted slowly, rushing to add, "It's totally lovely, I just—" "Oh, this isn't all of it," Astraeya said with a wave of an elegant hand and a toothy grin. "I expect he'll save upstairs for your downtime. And actually, since we're getting closer to it being time, I should probably show you around downstairs real quick. Grab that wrist cuff. I'll set your bag down." I lifted the small cuff—something like a smart watch—from the large dining table set for two, and Astraeya put my suitcase down in the doorway of the bedroom. The door to "downstairs" was tucked behind the vintage aqua fridge, and my heart thumped in my chest as Astraeya had me use my thumbprint again to open it. There was a light on below, but it was only enough to see by, enough to see the stone walls and bare floors. I stepped down slowly, watching the slow reveal of a long leather bench waiting in the bare room, a wall of paddles and floggers, and an enormous floor-to-ceiling mirror.