Page 27 of Left Hand of the Divine
I’d never been a Daddy before, and it was something that came completely out of left field for me, but with Roux, it just felt right. She needed me to care for her and look out for her, because let’s face it, when it came to making decisions, she was impulsive and driven by emotion. I liked to feel needed, and I could protect her. Iwantedto protect her because she’d somehow made herself a part of me, and I hadn’t even realised it until it was almost too late. I don’t think I’d ever have forgiven myself if I’d lost her.
“You’ll get ten, and you will count them all, understand?”
She nodded, but that wasn’t good enough for me.
I wrapped my hand in her hair and yanked her head back. “When I ask a question, you use words to answer me. Now, I’ll ask again. You will get ten, and you will count them all. If you stop counting, I’ll start again. Do you understand?”
Her pupils were blown wide, making her eyes look completely black, and her cheeks were flushed with heat. “Yes, Daddy.”
Fucking hell, those two little words had me all twisted and desperate for this woman. Unable to wait any longer, I brought my hand down on her ass with a sharp smack. Gods, the sound of it echoed around the room.
“One,” she gasped, her back arching like a cat.
I smacked her again on her other cheek, loving the burn that blossomed across my hand.
“Two.” She rolled her hips back, pushing against my erection.
I couldn’t wait to sink into her wet heat and feel her squirm beneath me. Fuck, I wasn’t going to last.
Again, I brought my hand down on her ass, loving the way her skin turned pink. She continued to count as I served out her punishment until I reached the last one.
Smack.
“Ten,” she mewled, her voice shaky and her body trembling. I hadn’t held back, and those pink welts on her ass were going to take some time to fade.
“Good girl,” I purred as I leant down to swipe my tongue over the marks, soothing her heated skin.
She pressed her thighs together, squirming as I licked and kissed my way over her ass.
“Daddy,” she moaned, sounding so wonderfully needy. “Please.”
“I do love to hear you beg, Little Reaper.” I called my flames to the surface and turned her jacket and vest to ash, leaving her in just her underwear and all that pale skin on show. I wanted to mark it all. Bruise it, slice it,bite it.I wanted to break free, to let loose the monster that simmered beneath the veneer of control that the world saw. Roux did that to me. She made me want to rut and fuck and tell the whole world to go fuck itself. I wanted to lose myself in her until there was nothing left of me and there was only us.
And wasn’t that a dangerous thing to think?
“Hey!” she yelled. “Stop ruining my clothes.”
I sank my teeth into her ass, before gripping her hips and flipping her onto her back. “I’ll do what I want, baby, and you’ll fucking like it.”
A delicious little scowl appeared above her eyes, and a pout graced her plump mouth. Fuck, I wanted to bite it. I wanted to taste every inch of her over and over again until I was consumed by her.
“That was my favourite jacket,” she grumbled, and I found that a little bit adorable.
“I’ll buy you a new one,” I said as I trailed my hands over her hips and up her sides but froze when I clocked the marks on her sternum peeking beneath her black lace bra. I brushed my thumb over the dark runes that rippled and shimmered beneath her skin. “What’s this?”
A warm smile crossed her face as she looked down at them. “My mate mark with Atticus.”
My eyebrows shot up to my hairline. “The Metus demon sent to investigate Thane?”
She pursed her mouth. “Yes. Is that a problem?”
“No, of course not. It’s just… interesting.” Itwasinteresting and incredibly rare. The mark heated beneath my touch as I continued to swipe my fingers over it, something tugging at my curiosity the longer that I stared at it.
Roux rolled her hips against mine, pulling my attention back to her. “You’re wearing too many clothes.”
Well, that could certainly be attended to. Her eyes never left me as I removed my clothes. They sparked with heat as they roved my body, and I could feel her touch everywhere. The tip of her tongue peeked through her lips as she watched me with hunger.
Her gaze dropped to my cock—my very hard and erect cock—and her eyes widened. “Fuck. I’d forgotten you had a monster in your pants. You’ll never fit.”
