Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 45266 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45266 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
Gavin nodded. “Thank you. I’m sure they will reach out if they have any specific questions.”
Felix pushed his chair back and stood. “Guess we better get some lunch ready for the Littles. When they get hungry, their naughty sides will come out, and they’ll start plotting against us.”
Gavin rose. “I shudder to think what we’ll be up against as there are more and more of them. The shenanigans will get out of control.”
Arion rubbed his hands together. “Collective spankings. Imagine the volume in the room if we have to spank six naughty girls all at once.”
Gavin winced. He would have to take Molly out of any situation like that. Either that or plug her ears beforehand. Other people’s sniffling and crying would be too much for her to handle.
Chapter Seventeen
“Are you having trouble tuning out the Daddies?” Khloe asked Molly.
Molly turned toward her new friend, realizing she was covering her ears. She lowered her hands. “I’m getting better at focusing on specific people, but yes, it’s hard. They’ve had some of the elders on speakerphone, too. So there are ten voices in the kitchen.”
It was almost more than Molly could tolerate. She was growing exhausted. She didn’t want to listen in on the men, but it was so hard to tune them out. It was like being in a room with dozens of conversations and trying to decide which one to focus on. But all of them were loud.
Molly was surprised when it was Olivia who leaned into the middle of the Littles to say, “Let’s plot something naughty. It will take Molly’s mind off the men. Besides, we need to initiate her.”
Everyone giggled.
Before Molly had arrived here today, she would have panicked at this suggestion, but Gavin had assured her it was okay for her to join in the shenanigans, so she was far calmer about the idea. “What kinds of things do you guys do to get into trouble?”
“Well,” Jezebel said, “the last time we were together…”
Molly was the one to interrupt with peals of laughter. She held up a finger. “You’re going to have to go back farther than that. I was already mated the last time you all got together. I know about the fingerpainting and the candy.”
More giggles from everyone.
“That’s so weird,” Leah exclaimed, holding her stomach. “We hadn’t even met you yet. We didn’t know you could hear us from a distance.”
“There’s no way the Daddies would let us paint. It’s too close to lunchtime.” Suzette tapped her lips, thinking. Suddenly her eyes lit up. “How about if we all hide in the closet so when the Daddies come to get us, they panic when we’re not here.”
Molly nodded, grinning. That seemed harmless. No one would get hurt. Plus, it would be a short-lived prank. Obviously the Daddies would scent all of them and easily find them in the closet. Their disappearing act would only cause a few seconds of nervousness.
Khloe turned toward the closet behind her. Instead of bothering to stand, she crawled quickly that direction and reached up to open the closet door. It wasn’t huge, but they would all fit in under her dresses if they stood really close together.
Under a round of hushed giggles, they all hurried into the closet.
Molly was on one end, pressed against Khloe. When they closed the door and stopped whispering, the immediate drop in noises caused Molly’s mind to calm some. She could still hear dozens of voices and sounds, but she was getting a break.
The interesting thing was she was the only one aware of when the Daddies would specifically find them. She could hear them putting the finishing touches on lunch and discussing the sudden silence coming from the playroom. They chuckled over the idea that the girls were undoubtedly quietly plotting.
Before they had a chance to come investigate, though, Khloe grabbed Molly’s arm tightly. A second later, she dropped to the floor, landing hard on her knees.
Molly gasped, uncertain what was happening.
Olivia was on the other side of Khloe, and she sprang into action, jerking the closet doors open. “Daddy,” she shouted. “Khloe’s having a vision.”
Molly lowered to her knees next to Khloe and wrapped her arms around her new friend so she wouldn’t fall and hit her head. She’d never witnessed one of these visions before, but she sensed the total detachment as if Khloe had checked out entirely and had no control over her body. Her eyes were blank.
Distant chattering that hadn’t been there before filled Molly’s ears just as six frantic men rushed into the room.
The moment Felix tucked his arms under Khloe, Molly got down on her hands and knees and crawled out of the closet, under everyone, and between legs until she reached the hallway.
She jumped to her feet and ran for the front door. Before she could open it, though, all the air left her lungs as her Daddy wrapped his huge arm around her and lifted her into the air.