Page 49 of Blood Bought

“And when do I get more sleep?” I mumbled, wiggling a little to make him hiss. “I did none of the work and have all of the exhaustion.”

“You worked enough.” He kissed my shoulder, and the tenderness behind it made me smile. “You’ll sleep as soon as your fluids are up. Come on, they’re here.”

The door opened a second later, and soon after he was laying me in the hot water and cleaning my skin. “You’re not going to shave me, are you?” I asked, one brow raised teasingly. “It was weird enough when the others did it.”

“No. But I will clean what is mine and no one else will ever touch you. I trust you to shave yourself.”

I found I wasn’t offended at all by him wanting me to shave, since I had to imagine that fangs and pubes were a terrible fucking combination, and he kept himself shaved, too. I nudged him gently and spread my legs for him, wondering how in the hell I’d managed to fight this for so long when now I couldn’t imagine going without his touch. “You could’ve led with this, you know.”

He stopped moving his hands and met my gaze. “I wanted you to be mine the second they brought you here, but you were stubborn,” he smirked. “I didn’t expect to like that part about you though.”

“Oh?” I grinned, reaching down to take his hand and glide it across my skin. “Do you normally experience a high level of instant submission when you lock people in cages?”

“Yes. Cages or no cages, almost everyone submits, and if they don’t, I pass them off as someone else’s problem. I’m pickier than most, but you... I just needed to find a way to make you sweet and I don’t really understand why.” He paused, eying me and sitting on the edge of the tub. “I have something to ask you. The first time you saw me, not with the sunglasses, the first time you saw my eyes. Did you feel anything? Déjà vu, maybe? Or were you just mad that Sonny turned out to be me?”

The question caught me off guard, but I could see the way his shoulders tensed and his brows pinched. That wasn’t an easy question for him to ask, so I tried to give it some serious thought. “I was scared of you. It was hard to feel anything but fear and frustration at first, but... yes. I don’t know how to explain what it was, though.“

“Yeah, me either.” He went back to cleaning me and then moved behind to work on my hair. “You were a cute baby, by the way. Chunky babies are always cute.”

I scoffed, trying to pull away from him but he had a firm grip on my hair. “Ugh, I think I’m gonna start calling you Alar-ass. I wasn’t a chunky baby.”

“You saw that vision, which means you saw those cheeks.” He tugged my hair back roughly so he could meet my eyes again. “But don’t call me an ass again or I’ll spank yours.”

My thighs clenched as the air in my lungs abandoned me again. “Promise?” I gasped, sliding my hands underneath me to keep myself above water.

Alaris smirked, power oozing from him as he tightened his grip in my hair and reached down to slide his other hand down my belly. “I promise, sweet girl. Discipline happens to be my specialty.”

Holy fucking Hell, he’s going to kill me... and I’m going to beg for it.“I’ll keep that in mind,” I whispered, wondering just how bad I’d have to be to get him to follow through.Thisangry Alaris I could absolutely get on board with.

He leaned down to kiss the side of my mouth, then stood up to stare down at me with his insatiable cock hard again. “Shift onto your knees and open your mouth.”

Temporarily distracted by the sudden realization that he’d never kissed me, I didn’t move right away — but one raised eyebrow from him had me stuffing down the sudden surge of wild hope and crashing disappointment I’d felt when I’d thought he was finally going to do it. “Yes, Alaris.” I flipped onto my knees and gripped the edge of the tub as I relaxed and opened my mouth.

He started with his finger, sliding it in to press down on my tongue and guide me, walking me through how he wanted me to suck, and when he was pleased with my skills, he slowly pulled it out. “Breathe through your nose when you can, communicate if you need more air or a break. Nod and tell me you understand.”

I nodded, deciding not to tell him he was going to have a rough time since it felt like my heart had crawled into my damn throat. Instead, I closed my eyes and sucked in a breath through my nose as he slid the head along my lip and growled low and dangerously.

“So beautiful like this. Completely at my mercy, yet still so sweet.”

Feeling that thick appendage slide into my mouth was insanely intimidating, especially with the memory of Elenor dying like this at the forefront of my mind. My jaw stretched to its breaking point as he hit the back of my throat, and I gripped the tub harder to brace myself as he fisted a hand in my hair and started moving. He was gentler than I imagined he’d be, slow and sure in every movement of his hips with his jaw hanging open. He was pleased, and I could feel that pleasure wrapping around me like a blanket as my fear dissipated to arousal.

“Good girl. You were born to take this cock.”

He pet my face and moved a little faster, making me gag so suddenly and violently I thought I was going to hurl — but I felt a familiar tingle at the base of my neck that told me he was using persuasion on me. I still felt in control, still felt awake, but that brutal gag had subsided to something manageable.

“Thank you,”I said silently, losing myself to how it felt to be used like this. I was so wet from it that my thighs were slipping against each other in the water and I was moaning around that thick length as breathing became harder and my eyes started to water, but he didn’t slow down.

“Touch yourself,” he grunted. “Rub that pretty swollen clit.”

The oversensitivity made me whimper as I pressed my index and middle fingers to my pussy, but I didn’t care how sore I was. I trusted him, trusted this, and the harder he fucked my throat... the faster I rubbed.

It didn’t take either of us long to be writhing with the need for release, and when he growled at me to come, I could tell he was done for. That first pulse of his cock had me choking and trying to pull back, but he only gripped me tighter as he emptied into my fucking lungs and I pushed myself over the edge in the water.

He kept me there as he caught his breath, staring down at me and petting as he gave me hushed praises that I didn’t realize I needed. When he finally let me up, he delivered on his promise, feeding me until I couldn’t take another bite and hydrating me to the point that I knew I could sleep for a week and be just fine.

It felt amazing to be doted on by him. The bloodthirsty, brutal Heir of Discipline combed my hair and carried me around his bed like I was too precious to walk, and I fucking loved every second of it.

By the time we were laying again, I was happy he had the sheets replaced, and for the first time I was able to truly cuddle Alaris in his fully-sated state.

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