Page 75 of A Lesson in Obedience
I let my nose rub against his, our lips barely touching. I pressed my body more into his chest, feeling his heart thump. “You made me feel safe. And now you want to know how we get back to that place, how you earn me and get back in my good graces?”
His breath was against my lips. “Yes. Y-yes.”
He wasn’t pulling away from me and he wasn’t scared of me. It felt like he was pushing towards me, like he was leaning into the force I had against his throat. I shoved my powers against his chest, jolting him back against the wall. He let out a groan, closing his eyes.
“Everything you gave Chancellor Fowler, every ounce of effort you put into all the fucked up things they asked of you, you give that tome. You don’t answer to them anymore; you don’t owethemanything.” I brought my face back to his, letting my tongue come out and flick against his bottom lip. “I want your loyalty, Grayson. That’s how you get me.”
His eyes opened and they were filled with this kind of unbridled desire that I couldn’t look away from. I liked where I had him, the power I had over him and from the looks of it, so did he. I never let my eyes leave him when I placed my free hand at his stomach, sliding it down until I could cup my hand around his erection. He hissed the minute I made contact and the sound sent a shiver down my spine.
“I want your shadows to never be used against me again. You get my heart and those shadows will protect it because part of it will be yours,” I started to rub him through his pants, my teeth sinking into my bottom lip. He remained against the wall, taking in small breaths against the strain on his neck, but his eyes pierced into my soul. Hiseyebrows furrowed when I rubbed harder, “and you’ll be mine. You’ll be my good boy again.”
I nearly thought I heard him whimper. I fumbled with the buttons on his jeans, unzipping them and plunging my hand inside. He was so hard and I added a tiny bit more pressure to his throat. “Can you do that?”
He was panting now and his lips pressed together each time I stroked his cock. “Fuck, yes, Riley. You have my loyalty. You’ll always have it. I’m yours, I’m your good boy.”
I let out a satisfiedhmphand ripped my hand out of his pants. I used my powers to shove him away from me. He sucked in a breath when his throat was released and watched me. I turned around, but I didn’t plan on leaving the room. No, I was getting what I wanted. I sauntered over to the mattress, settling down on top of it. I bent my knees so that the hem of my dress inched up and slid a little up my thighs.
Grayson noticed every single thing, running a hand through his hair. One of my braids fell into my face and I left it there, sticking my tongue out to lick at my lips and watch him. He started to come over, but I lifted my hand letting the force from my magic stop him. He gave me a confused expression but didn’t make a move to challenge me.
My eyes slowly moved to the floor and then back up at him. I tilted my head to the side, giving him a small smile. “Crawl.”
He reared his head back, taken aback by my demand.
“I want your loyalty and I want you to crawl to me. Crawl to what you want the most.”
His chest rose and fell as he regarded me for a moment. It was like he had to readjust to understand what he was seeing, what was happening right in front of him. On the outside I said my demands and I didn’t hold back, but on the inside, I was a bundle of nerves. I had never beenthisforward. It was different when I was being playful and giving them both the go ahead to have their way withme, but this was me knowing that I somehow held a lot of power over Grayson and using it.
I wasn’t trying to be malicious and I didn’t want to hurt him. I wanted to be the reason why he stopped and thought about his decisions from now on. He wanted me and I couldn’t help but want him too, but I’d been through far too much to make things easy.
He looked at the floor and as if it was in slow motion, he descended to the ground. His knees hitting first and then he bent over, placing his hands flat in front of him with his head down
“Hmm.” I hummed, looking over to the door. “Make sure he knows what’s happening.”
Grayson brought his head up, following my eyes. “River?”
I smirked at him. “Yes, River.”
“Whatever you want.” He looked away from the door and back at me, staring straight into my eyes. My breathing started to increase as I watched him start to crawl over to me. One hand in front of the other, he moved with this sexy elegance that I didn’t think was possible. It was almost like he wanted to impress me with how well he could obey. The sudden urge to rub my thighs together for friction surprised me and I could feel myself getting more and more turned on.
He got closer and closer until he was right in front of me. I spread my legs a bit, so he could get between them. Grayson sat back on his heels, his fingers flexing as if he was itching to touch me, but he kept them on top of his thighs. I leaned over, taking his face in my hands. I tilted his chin up and ran my lips over his. His body shuddered and I sighed with a kind of satisfaction I didn’t know I could feel. “You are very obedient.”
“For you, always,” Grayson declared, adoration in his tone.
I dragged my hand into his hair, letting his silky dark locks fall between my fingers. His face scrunched in a bit of pain when I tugged on his hair, keeping his face up. “All your loyalty, all your effort, is mine.”
“Yes,” he answered, trying his best to nod under my hold.
“Say it.”
“All my loyalty, all my effort is yours.”
I used my other hand to cup his cheek, my thumb running over his lips. “I give you my heart back and you take care of it. You come to me if you are in trouble, you let me—us—help you.” I tried not to let my voice crack, feeling a strain in my chest from the effort I put in. I didn’t want to see him or any of them end up like Marianne or my dad.
“I promise. I’m with you. You. Have. Me,” he enunciated every word, throwing each one at me and hoping they would hit.
He looked like he was ready to kiss me. And I knew that kiss was going to make me feel so many things I’d been missing. I wanted one more thing.
“What does it mean?”
