Damien was preoccupied the next few hours, all his thoughts on Amara and the way he'd left her, fully gagged and kneeling in just her underwear, her back exposed as he'd left the room, wanting her to think about the danger she'd put herself in by not following orders. He was also getting informed about the child, who, thankfully, was safe and unharmed but had lost her only parent to the rogue he'd killed. He sighed. They would be trying to find a distant relative for her, but in the meantime, she was being taken care of by another shifter family who'd readily agreed to take her in. He stared down at his paperwork and glanced at the clock. It had been two hours and he supposed that there was plenty of time for a punishment, slowly putting down his pen and getting up. He walked upstairs an