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“Do you always keep a length of rope by your bed, Cassian?” I quipped saucily, my mind wandering to all the other naughty things he might keep by his bed.
He pulled the rope tight, and my skin burned with the friction. Using the rope around my wrists, he pulled me back upright until I could feel the length of his torso against my back. One hand wrapped around my throat and the other made a slow path down to where I needed his touch the most.
His mouth settled by my ear and the ice-cold breath of his dragon tickled that sensitive spot and had goosebumps erupting all over my skin. A moan crawled out my throat.
“You never know when you might need it,” he whispered before his tongue swiped along the edge of my ear. “Spread your legs.”
I didn’t hesitate this time. My ass cheeks were already burning, and I didn’t need another reminder of what happened when I disobeyed him. So, I did as he commanded and pushed my knees out wide. I settled my weight on Cassian, and I winced as my ass connected with the cotton of his pyjama pants. He chuckled softly in my ear.
“Maybe that will help you remember to do as you’re told in the future?” His voice was deep and gravelly and full of the same lust that was fuelling me.
I felt his cock twitch beneath me, and I couldn’t help rolling my hips against him. I heard him hiss and his hand around my throat tightened.
“I wouldn’t count on it,” I replied while rolling my hips backwards again.
Cassian tutted at me again. “You are a naughty thing, aren’t you?” He growled deep in my ear. “You have to learn that actions have consequences.”
I bit my lip. I wanted to say something sassy, to roll my eyes at him, but all I could think about was the way his hand tightened around my neck, the way my hands were pinned behind me and the power he had over me. Suddenly, I didn’t feel quite so brazen anymore.
Cassian hummed appreciatively at my silence and his hand finally slid over my mound. A breathless moan escaped me as his fingers slid through my folds to find that little bundle of nerves that had been demanding attention.
He worked my body into a frenzy and my head lolled back onto his shoulder. His fingers drove me insane, and I could feel the orgasm building within me in seconds because I was so tightly wound. The combination of his fingers, the rope chafing my skin, his ragged breaths by my ear and his hard cock beneath my ass had me so worked up that I was about to explode.
I moved my hips in time with his hands. Oh, god. So close. So—
There was a sharp sting as he slapped my clit, and it was so unexpected it stopped my climax right in its tracks. My breath rushed from my lungs, and I was left frustrated and quivering with the need to come.
He slapped me there again and instinctively I closed my legs.
“Spread your legs, Lori,” he growled softly in my ear. “And don’t close them.”
Fuuuck. I was wound tighter than a fucking spring. My body had turned into a desperate, needy mess that when Cassian started to stroke me again, it only took seconds to bring me to the point of release. Just before I fell over the edge, he slapped my pussy. I bit my lip, cutting the skin as I resisted the urge to close my legs against the sting of Cassian’s hand.
“Good girl,” he muttered. “I’m going to fuck you now.”
I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t think. Cassian had completely addled my brain and all I could think about was him. I was consumed by him.
He lifted me slightly, his hand never leaving my neck, and I could hear his clothes rustling beneath him. Then he slammed into me and pulled me down onto him at the same time. I gasped at the sudden invasion. In this position, I could feel every inch of him deep inside me, but I wasn’t given a moment to savour it. He held me tightly against him and I was hyper aware of how completely and utterly he had me at his mercy. He was unrelenting in the way he thrust into me, brutally pushing me towards ecstasy. His grunts filled my ear, deep carnal sounds that I know are there because of me, and they had my body clenching tighter. My thighs burned as I worked to move with him, sweat dripped down between my breasts with the effort. I was so close.
“My clit…” I gasped. “Touch me.”
He growled in my ear as his hand reached between my legs. But he didn’t just touch me. No. The sadistic fucker pinched my clit harshly, sending me headfirst into orgasmic bliss. His hand tightened around my throat, cutting off my air supply. Cassian’s movements turned frantic as he reached the edges of his orgasm. His teeth sank deep into my shoulder, and I cried out in pain. It was only then that Cassian found his release.
His body jerked beneath mine and black spots danced at the edges of my vision as my body trembled with everything Cassian just put me through. Intense wouldn’t even begin to cover it.
Chapter 29
CASSIAN
I was back. I’d actually made it back.
Fuck.
My mind was a mess. Fractured and damaged. I’d spent so many days trapped in my own mind, reliving the memories of my past, that I was struggling to believe that Lori was really tucked up next to me. Was this real? Or was my mind still tormenting me?
I watched her in her sleep. I knew it was creepy, but I couldn’t stop staring. In a moment of pure weakness, I’d given in. I’d fucked her, and now… Now I didn’t know what I wanted. I’d vowed that I’d never take a mate, never let myself fall into the clutches of a woman again, but here I was, completely fucking smitten.
I tentatively reached out a finger and trailed it across her cheekbone. Her eyelids fluttered in her sleep, and she nuzzled closer to me. I’d spent so long fighting this, fighting her, that I still couldn’t believe she was here next to me.
