Page 106 of Ruthless Prince
She nodded and followed me into the bedroom. When she neared the bed, I commanded her to undress and stand by the end. She followed my orders with a blank look on her face, quickly shedding her outfit and standing stock-still on the plush white carpet. I could tell she was trying to seem brave with that neutral expression and stiff stance, but her trembling hands betrayed her underlying fear like they alwaysdid.
A smile played on my lips as my eyes roamed over her body. Her small pink nipples were permanently erect now, thanks to the piercings, and her pussy lips always glistened with arousal. She might not want to feel that carnal desire, especially when I was around, but the jewelry between her legs forced it out of her with every little movement. I could tell it was driving herinsane.
It was affecting me just as badly. Every time I saw her, my cock hardened in an instant, and it took every ounce of restraint I had to stop myself from bending her over the nearest piece of furniture and forcing my way into her tight wetpussy.
Six days had passed since I brought her out of the dungeon, which meant she’d been at Thorne House for almost two weeks. That was a lot of time, and I could’ve easily fucked her by now. Probably should have. However, something was holding meback.
During Willow’s first day here, an idea burrowed its way into my mind like a little worm, and I couldn’t shake it. I kept thinking that it would be better for me to bide my time with her. Not because I felt bad for her or wanted to give her the option to preserve the last shreds of her dignity, though. I wanted to wait because I wanted her to beg for it first. Once she was physically satisfied, I could only imagine the shame and agonizing guilt she would feel, knowing she gave herself to me willingly. Knowing she’d finally givenup.
I was slowly but surely getting there. The first time I ever punished her, I felt how hot and wet she became at the softest touch of my hand and the slightest caress of my lips on her ear, and when I made her touch herself a few days ago, I could tell how badly she wanted me to slide my fingers insideher.
It was only a matter of time until she folded and begged me to fuck her brainsout.
“You’ve been doing well over the last couple of weeks,” I said, flicking one of her gold nipple bars to make her shudder. “But your training isn’t complete yet. I still need to testyou.”
“Okay, sir,” she whispered. Her legs were tremblingnow.
“I need to see how you behave in public. See if you can be trusted. We’re going outtonight.”
Her brows rose. “Out,sir?”
“Yes. With yourfamily.”
Her eyes practically bulged out of her head. “Myfamily?”
“Yes. I want to see what a good girl you can be for me, even when you’re around those closest to you.” I briskly stepped over to the bed and pulled the lid off a black and silver cardboard box I’d left there earlier. “I’m not stupid, though. I know I can’t be around you all the time without looking suspicious, and I know I can’t hear every single word you say. So I had something made for you to help me out in that regard. A gift fit for aprincess.”
“A gift, sir?” Her brows puckered withconfusion.
I nodded and carefully removed a bespoke diamond choker from the box. “This is for you,” I said, holding it up to thelight.
Willow’s eyes remained wide as she stared at the glinting jewels. “Thank you,” she murmured. “It’sbeautiful.”
I stepped closer. “To anyone else, it will look like a piece of jewelry and nothing more. Only you and I will know thetruth.”
She shook her head slightly. “Whattruth?”
“It’s a collar to signify that you’re mine. Once I put it on, it won’t come off. There’s a tracking device on the clasp, so I’ll know if you ever try to remove it and leave it somewhere.” I gestured to the blue gemstone dangling from the front of the choker. “That’s not all. This pendant isn’t just forshow.”
“What do you mean,sir?”
“There’s a tiny recording device in the setting behind it. Every single thing you say will be captured, uploaded to the cloud, and sent to an app on my phone and computer. If I want, I can listen to you live, or I can play through old recordings. Either way, if you ever try to speak to anyone about your situation when I’m not around in order to make some sort of escape attempt, I’ll find out. Your punishment will be swift and unmerciful. Mark my words onthat.”
Her face paled. “I understand, sir,” she said, lifting her hair and bowing herhead.
I carefully placed the choker around her neck. “There you go,” I said, locking the ends of the clasp together. “Go and look atyourself.”
She padded over to the nearest mirror and appraised her adorned neck. “I don’t deserve such a beautiful gift, sir,” she murmured, cheeks flushing bright pink as she looked at me over hershoulder.
“No, you don’t. But we need everyone to believe we’re in love, don’t we?” I motioned to the blue pendant again. “That’s a piece of alexandrite from Russia. It belonged to a member of their royal family in the eighteenth century, and it’s so precious that it couldn’t even be valued when my family obtained it for their collection. When everyone sees such a priceless ornament on you, they’ll know just how much you mean tome.”
“I…” Willow faltered and bit her bottom lip, eyes dropping to thefloor.
“Do you have a question about the collar?” I asked,frowning.
She noddedsilently.
“You canask.”
