[TRIGGER WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT. PLEASE SKIP THIS CHAPTER IF THIS MATERIAL COULD BE POTENTIALLY TIGGERING OR EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGING FOR YOU]
[Suggested song for this chapter – Tainted Love by Soft Cell]
The Emperor's smile broadened to see that the surgery had had the desired effect.
Delphi was awash with humiliation and a deep sense of shame. She was afraid to open her eyes.
"Delllphhine," he crooned, drawing out her name.
She opened her eyes and looked at him.
She watched his face as he read her emotions and gobbled them up like a demon that fed on nightmares.
"You're getting off on this," she stated the obvious. "Have you ever thought that there might be something wrong with you? That you're wired the wrong way?"