Page 124 of Danger and Dominance
Being back at the Outlands made David feel more settled.Being there with Cassidy made him feel like everything about his life was coming together.
Zeus was a possible complication, but everyone slowly relaxed around him throughout the evening.The presence of his girlfriend helped.No one on the team was enough of a dick to want to make a man look bad in front of his date.There was something about her that was unsettling Cassidy, though.She hid it well, but David had gotten to know her well enough at this point that he could tell.He waited until they were back in the car to ask.
He'd been hoping for sexier talk before they got home, but he didn’t think he was going to be able to move to sexy discussion when he was wondering what was going on with his new teammate’s girlfriend.
“So… Noelle.You knew her back in Maryland?”
Cassidy nodded, looking out the window, which was another indication that something about Noelle was bothering her.It was late and dark, so there wasn’t much to see other than streetlamps and businesses that had closed up for the night.
“Did you not like her or something?”he asked.That hadn’t seemed to be the case, but one thing he’d learned about Cassidy was that she would rather make herself uncomfortable than make anyone else uncomfortable.And he knew she wanted him to be nicer to Zeus, so she would definitely bend over backward to make him comfortable over herself.
“I didn’t really know her.I just knewofher and… well… a lot of what I knew wasn’t that great.But it was all second-hand and from people who didn’t have a lot of reason to like her.I also don’t know many details because, well…” She hunched her shoulders.“I kind of had a lot going on at the time.By the time things were going on with her, Don had started showing up around me and around the club, so I’d basically stopped going to Stronghold and Marquis.I don’t really know exactly what happened, but I could probably ask and find out.”
It didn’t sound like she was too keen on doing that, though.
“Some people just don’t get along, I guess,” he said with a shrug.That was just a fact of life, and not everyone had to get along.
“I do know that she was sleeping with one of her friends fiancé, and that’s who she ended up marrying… on the day that he was supposed to marry her friend,” Cassidy said.“They eloped to Vegas.”
David blinked.
“Well, shit.”
“Pretty much.So, yeah, I can understand why some people wouldn’t like her, but… he’s just as much, if not more, to blame.And she got the marriage annulled.Maybe she’s just a woman who made some bad choices.”Cassidy was looking out the window so determinedly, it was obvious she wasn’t just thinking of Noelle.
Reaching over, David put his hand on her thigh and squeezed.She immediately put her hand over his, curling her fingers around the edges of his palm, and he could feel her relax under his touch.
“You don’t have to ask anyone what happened with her if you don’t want to,” he said.“There’s no pressing reason to.People make bad choices all the time, and she did say she was here for a fresh start.It wouldn’t be fair to bring all the baggage from other people to her here if she’s trying to create a new life for herself.”
Letting out a long sigh, Cassidy leaned back in her seat and looked over at him.He glanced back at her, happy to see that she was smiling, and he gave her leg another little squeeze.
Good, they’d gotten what was bothering her out of the way.
“Are you having a good night?”he asked.“It wasn’t too overwhelming with everyone wanting to welcome you back?”
“I did,” she said immediately, then glanced at him.Her fingers stroked along his.“It wasn’t too bad for you with all the hugging?No pain?”
“Nope, everyone was very careful.”He chuckled.“Don’t worry, little spark, my arm is just fine, and when we get home, I’m going to make your night even better.”
He couldn’t wait to bury himself in her sweet little ass and claim the final part of her.Neither could she, by the way she started squirming in her seat.
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Cassidy
Moaning, Cassidy pushed her bottom back at Master David as much as she could when she was bent over the side of his bed.With a pillow under her hips, it was the exact right height for her to be at a comfortable angle, fully supported, which also meant fully unable to get away from whatever he was doing to her.
Not that she wanted to get away.
“Good thing I got shot in my left shoulder and not my right, huh?”he asked, chuckling, just as his hand came down on her upturned cheek again.Cassidy gasped as the heat from the slap flared through her, then turned her head to shoot him a dirty look over her shoulder.
“That’s not funny.”
“I was being sincere.”He winked at her and brought his hand down again, making her whip her head back around to a more comfortable position as the stinging burn settled into her skin.“Granted, you wouldn’t go unspanked either way, but it’s definitely easier to still have use of my right hand.”
As if to prove his point, his hand came down again, right on the undercurve of her sit spot.Squealing, Cassidy rocked forward, not that there was anywhere she could really go since she was trapped against the bed.Her stiffened nipples rubbed against the sheets, aching little buds eager for stimulation.
Master David had declined to clamp them, saying he didn’t want her distracted from the feel of his cock sliding into her ass for the first time.That had made her pussy clench.Though, apparently, he didn’t think the throbbing aftermath of a spanking would be distracting.
