“Meet me outside,” Doctor Lucian said calmly, turning his back to me as he adjusted his clothing and casually stepped around the light blue curtain, leaving me entirely alone in the examination area.

I forced myself to slide off the bed, my knees trembling so violently that I almost buckled right onto the cold floor. Swallowing the lump of pure frustration in my throat, I quickly picked up my men's boxer briefs and pulled them up, feeling the coarse hair prickle against the fabric. I pulled my jeans back on, zipped them up. 

I smoothed down my top, checked my reflection in the small wall mirror to make sure my...