here he wo

her head up and look into her eyes. "I have

for her? -- and then tears welled anew. Her head dropped back on his shoulder, and he could feel her s

he sobbed, shaking as hard as when she'd been chilled from the rain. Sensi

rfully she'd apologized, how much he cherished her sharing with him. He praised her courage at

ons impressed him. The facets of her personality were mesmerizing; from a spitfire to a yieldi

d to jerky breaths as e

and start burying the pain and hurt under layers of con

now," she said

haven't lessened, and you have no car. However, you m

, and she shoved at h

work on their own. Unless you want

diately. "At lea

N

p, her green eyes wet l

Dom and a sub. We do not have that trust between us. To have to perform a scene, a punishment scene like that, was extremely

her heedless actions had created with Master Smith and hi

er mind turning over the event

pered, "I'm sorry

, not granting her the grace

g her way under his defenses

we both recover a bit. You are a comforting armful

his hardness against her softness, of his hand stroking her hair, of his scent. Even as she relaxed, she squirmed a little to ease the p

oze, realizing what he

top of her head. "I want a kiss, an

" she asked

e underside of her breast, his thumb rubbing the ni

d ask for more

to pull him away, as successful as

me," h

sigh, she tilted h

ny ridge in the center of the lower lip, dividing it into two tiny bottoms. He took the kiss deeper, opening her lips with his own, coaxing her into res

complex roil of emotions of a woman with growing needs. Heat seared pathways from her breasts to her pussy, and when h

of the entryway cooled her lust, then so be it. Of course, if her needs and thoughts drove her back into his territory... Well, his imagination had already placed her in his

hen brushed another kiss over the mouth th

to put strength back into her legs -- and to see if the punishment was turning to something else -- he ran his h

nd, oh, yes, another gra

still stroking her buttocks, enjoying her confusion as the soreness tw

way. She wasn't used to words tantalizing h

g soon to her, what he'd say when her first wrist was shackled to his bed,

ssed Jessica's fingertips, nipped one sharply enough to send h

Ben set down his pen and pu

o the floor in the corner farthest from the door and shifte

her with

over her bare bottom, how his fingers had touched her breasts so gently. He

ally wanted to talk, but her mind kept shifting to uncomfortable places, much as her butt was do

Z prefers that for his guards. We don't get dive

hair to work on. "It doesn't b

hey like a little more kink to get their rocks off, it's no business of mine." He grinned, rubbed his jaw. "My brother-in-law is from New

ared down at her hands. Different tastes.

had been the two couples where the men were obviously in charge. Si

and a woman obeying?" she blurted out,

is a man, he'll usually be referred to as Master or Sir or anything else he cho

g in her ears. "Uh, no. Whe

sub stuff isn't confined to the bedroom. There's some couples here