The Auction novel Chapter 22

Tatina POV

I lay next to him. I run my fingers across his chest. I want to know. I need to know everything. I am not sure if now is the time to ask, but I am going to ask. Being with him puts me in another state of mind. I am becoming as obsessed with him as he seems to be with me.

I look up to him. His eyes are closed. He seems to be resting. I hate to ruin this moment.

“Craig, I have to ask you about the auction you and Lila are involved in?” I ask.

He opens his eyes. I can tell he is regretting this conversation.

“I will tell you everything,” he says.

“Did you torture women like me? Have you raped women? I want all of the story. Tell me everything,” I say.

Craig sits up in the bed. “It is not a simple story,” he says.

“Tell me everything,” I say.

“We got involved. Me and Julie because Julie was unable to give me a child,” he says.

“Julie was involved. Does Jayne know?” I ask.

Craig gets up from the bed and puts his pants on. He goes to the minibar pours himself a drink. “Do you want one?” he asks.

I shake my head no and sit up on the bed. “No, I just want to know what I am getting myself into,” I say.

“We found out that there are these side auctions we could buy a woman from to have us a child. We brokered a deal. The women would be inseminated with my sperm and have us a child. The deal was she would live with us and after the child was born we would compensate her greatly. But things went wrong,” he says.

Craig begins to drink.

“Take your time. I can tell this is a lot to go into,” I say.

“Tatina, I never meant to lose my wife and our child,” he says.

“I thought Julie was sick,” I say.

“Julie did become sick after. Elisa came to live with us. She was very sweet. We basically saved her from hell. Julie treated Elisa like a child. She cared greatly for her. There became an issue. Artificial insemination would not take. We tried over and over. The doctor advised that I have sex with Elisa to get her pregnant. I did not want to do it. Julie insisted. She wanted a child as much as I did,” he says.

Craig is becoming distraught talking about what happened. I let him alone and do not interrupt. I need all of the truth.

“I slept with Elisa. She released her light and became pregnant with my son. Do you know about the light and how a vampire and fairy can have a child?” he says.

“I do not know anything much about my light,” I answer.