Total pages in book: 55
Estimated words: 52247 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 261(@200wpm)___ 209(@250wpm)___ 174(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 52247 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 261(@200wpm)___ 209(@250wpm)___ 174(@300wpm)
Not tonight. I run my tongue over my fangs once, and settle into the huge armchair with my boneless armful.
“You’re so beautiful.” I tell her. “You did so well. Very good, very good.”
She gives a happy sigh.
After a few minutes, I sit up and reach for the mini fridge next to the chair. It holds juice and chocolate, everything necessary for aftercare. I feed her from my fingers. She drinks deeply, her dark eyelashes fluttering.
When she’s done, I tip her back in my arms. Her braid has come undone and I take a moment to spread the fine spun silk over her shoulders. After a moment she snuggles in with another sigh. I remember her confusion as I checked her circulation and gave her a safeword.
“You’ve never done this before, have you? You may answer me,” I add, in case she remembers the speech restrictions I put on her earlier.
She licks her lips. “Taken orders from a master? I was trained…”
I interrupt her story. “But they didn’t care for you, not like this.”
“No.” She looks uncertain. Her body should be singing with endorphins and submissive desires. Her mind appears to be whirring, wondering what happens next. She’s confused, maybe a little disturbed.
I tuck her closer to me and stroke her neck through her hair until she sighs.
“I’ll ask many things from you, pet. Your submission. Your obedience. Your fear.” A little tremor goes through her and I knead the back of her neck, soothing it away. “But most of all…” I turn my head and whisper right in her waiting ear, “I want your thoughts. All of them. You don’t need to worry about pleasing me. I will tell you what to do, and you will obey. I will bear every burden, every worry. All I ask is you obey me. You can have everything you want, pet, if you submit to me. There’s a whole world of pleasure for us to explore, and I will be your guide. I can lead you to the heights of ecstasy, and carry you safely home.”
Another sigh at that, but her brow furrows. I smooth the lines there with a finger. “Stop thinking. Just be.”
My speech earns me a few whole minutes of silence. I enjoy the soft, breathing bundle in my arms. My pet is the most delightful mix of contradictions. One minute fighting, the next using her powerful will and strength to submit. A virgin come boldly to learn the arts of Venus. She should provide long months of entertainment, if I don’t break her.
When she’s ready to sit up, I let her, but keep my arms around her.
She squints at me. “Do you do this a lot? Train a submissive?”
“No. I have a club of submissives but they are already trained. Most come knowing how to please me. The only submissive I trained myself was…” I stop.
She guesses why. “The one you loved?”
“She came to me eager to please. Unlike some I know.”
With shocking cheek, she rolls her eyes. My laugh surprises us both.
Selene
The vampire king has a lovely laugh. His whole face lights up, all the sharpness of his beautiful features softening. The deep chuckle that rolls out from his chest ripples through my body, easing the tightness shaken loose by the joyful earthquake. Warmth curls through me, waking up secret places. I can’t stop responding to him.
“Ten million buys a lot of obedience,” Lucius says with a smile that does things to me. “There’s not an obedient bone in your body. But you’ll learn how pleasing it can be.”
I wrinkle my nose at that, and he laughs again.
“I don’t think I’ve laughed this much in…” He stops to think. “I can’t remember.”
“I’m glad I amuse you,” I say in a dry tone.
“You are the most delightful pet,” he pronounces.
Ugh, I hate him calling me that.
“I’m going to take of one final thing, and then you’re going to bed. Alone,” he clarifies. “To rest.”
“That’s it? We’re done for the night?” I wriggle my bottom on his lap. His arms clamp tighter, but not before I get a rise out of him. Literally.
He pauses to drown me in those coffee black eyes before saying, “Careful, Selene. The monster will awaken in its own due time. No need to rouse him early.”
“I think he’s already awake,” I quip. Seems a bit weird to call your cock a ‘monster’ but okay.
Lucius fists a large hand in my hair, holding me still. “Careful,” he warns, but he’s smiling. “I am already tempted to push you to the limits of ecstasy, and use your body in all the ways it begs to be used.”
The shot of arousal in my scent seems to surprise us both.
“But,” Lucius enunciates with raised finger, “You are young. A virgin. In many ways, a beginner.”
I open my mouth to protest--I’m curious now about all this ecstasy he’s promised--and he stuffs two fingers in my mouth. Robbing me of the ability to speak.