“Take off your clothes,” Damon said in a commanding tone.

Violet jerked her eyes open in shock.

“N-now?” she stammered.

Damon didn’t answer her in words, but his eyes gave it away. He was deadly serious. Violet swallowed hard and her shaky hands went to the zipper on her back. She pulled on the zipper of her dress until the fabric fell and pooled around her feet. Violet stepped out of her clothes and she was left in her strapless bra and black ...