Oh, but it was the most beautiful sort of torture, wasn't it? Torture that Nora thoroughly enjoyed watching and might eventually relent on. Just not quite yet. After all, her pleasure came first.

So she was all grins as she watched Andrei lower himself to the bed, flat and clearly already restless, and she was even smugger when he leaned in to taste her.

"He doesn't breathe, dear," she reminded Jack with a playful smile.