His eyes latched onto her hands as they slidup her flat belly to cup her small breasts. He found itincreasingly difficult to continue speaking, but he’d talk non-stopif it meant he could watch her touching herself in such a way.
“Then I’d run my thumb over your nipples,savoring the feel of them as the peaks hardened until you beggedfor my mouth on them.”
Mia’s breath came in heavy pants as she didwhat he described and ran her fingers over her nipples until theyhardened. She’d pleasured herself countless times over the years,especially since she’d started abstaining. Just because she’dchosen to focus onherdidn’t mean she hadn’t missedorgasms.
But this was so completely different thanthose times when she’d been with other men. Completely differentthan when the need of her body had become too much for her to takeand she’d slid her hand between her legs to ease it.
This wasn’t screwing or scratching an itch.This was something so much more. It wasn’t his hands stroking her,yet the way he stared at her made her feel as if they were the onessliding over her body now. The intensity of his stare already hadher on the brink of orgasm. If he ever did touch her….
If she didn’t shy or run away from him, sheknew she’d come apart completely in his arms.
“Then I’d pinch your nipple. Harder.” Hislips skimmed back when Mia did what he commanded. She moaned at thesensation of her fingers pulling at her flesh. “While caressingyour breasts, I’d run my tongue over those nipples to soothe thembefore pinching them again.”
“What then?” she gasped as her body clamoredfor release.
“Then I’d run my hands down your sidestoward your panties while my mouth continued to feast on yourbreasts.” He watched her hands slide down her sides, her headfalling back so her pert breasts jutted mouthwateringly toward him.“I’d follow my hands with my mouth, down to the edge of yourpanties, and I’d take them in my teeth.”
Her fingers hooked into the band of herunderwear. “Then?” she whispered, anticipation pulsing insideher.
“Then I’d pull them off you, taking my timeto explore every inch of you with my hands and mouth as I went.Take them off, Mia,slowly.”
This domineering side of him was somethingshe hadn’t known existed, but she reveled in it as she slid herunderwear down her legs.
“Lie down on the bed,” he ordered.
Mia stepped out of her underwear andstrolled over to the bed, her hips swaying. She felt his gaze onher every step of the way as she climbed onto the bed, her ass inthe air. The rending sound of fabric followed her.
Mia’s heart leapt into her throat when sheglanced over her shoulder to find his blood-red eyes watching her.For the first time since she’d started this, trepidation slitheredthrough her. She burned for his touch, but if he grabbed her whatwould happen? Would she turn him away? If she refused him, would heforcefully take from her as those other vampires had?
Before this had started between them, heranswer to that final question would have been a resoundingno. David would never harm her. But she’d never seen anyoneso close to the brink of losing all control as he was right then.His lips had compressed into a flat line, the veins in his armsstanding starkly out as his muscles trembled with hisrestraint.
David lifted his eyes to hers when shehesitated and a wave of distress washed off her. He knew he had tolook half wild, but when she’d crawled across the bed with herround ass in the air, he’d nearly pounced on her like a cat on amouse.
“I won’t touch you,” he vowed. “I won’t makeyou do anything you’re not comfortable with.”
“How… how do I know you’ll be able to keepcontrol of yourself?” she stammered.
His fingers dug into the comforter as hisgaze lifted to the posts of the bed behind her head. “I promise Iwon’t, but if it will make you feel better, you can tie my hands tothe posts.”
“You’ll easily be able to break free of anyties.”
“You’ll be able to get away from me before Ido.”
The problem was she didn’t know if she’dwant to get away from him before he broke free, and if he grabbedher she may freak out. Or she could remain completely calm and notfreak out at all. It wasn’t a chance she was willing to take.
She knew she should put a stop to this, butshe couldn’t bring herself to move away from him. She wanted him,and it had been so long since she’d taken anything for herself.
“I promise, Mia, I won’t hurt you. We canend this now. All you have to do is say ‘stop.’”
She gazed uncertainly at him before climbingoff the bed. David watched her walk away before releasing his deathgrip on the comforter. His knuckles ached when he opened them,flexing his fingers. He didn’t know what she would choose until shecame back to him with two pieces of white cloth in her hand. Ittook him a second to realize the two pieces were belts from thethick robes stashed within every bedroom of this place.
He was so hard he couldn’t think straight asshe neared to stand before him. David pulled his legs onto the bedand slid up to rest his back against the thick chestnutheadboard.
Mia glanced between his wrists and the solidbedposts. They’d hold a human without a problem, but he could breakthem in a second. “Are you sure?” Mia asked, uncertain if she wastalking to him or to herself.
“Am I sure I want to be tied up by you whileyou do whatever I command or whatever you wish to me? Oh, I’mfucking positive, Mia.”
Her body quickened with fresh yearning athis words.No going back.
