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Beneath the blood, dirt, and hair, I can just make out his expression. And he looks pissed. His lips are pressed in a firm line, his eyes flash angrily as he takes me in, and his grip on his bow has turned his knuckles white.
My mind flashes back to the last time I ran from him, when he caught me and told me he’d punish me for trying to escape him. And only now do I realize how much worse this situation is.
A part of me wonders if he’s going to kill me. Has he decided I’ve outlived my use? Almost immediately, I reject the notion. I know that Thali wants me. He’s obsessed with me, really, and I have to hope that it will protect me.
Though, the crazed glint in his eye is sending waves of excitement through me. I love when he lets go, when he does what he wants with me, and if he doesn’t kill me, I know that I’m going to love whatever else is in store.
But then he sucks in a deep breath, and his right-hand releases the string, launching his arrow forward. Time almost seems to move in slow motion as the arrowhead spins, moving on a perfect path straight toward me.
All my other senses cut out as I focus on it. I’m not even sure if I scream or not. All I can fear is the surge of fear as I stare down death.
What makes it worse is when it leaves my field of vision. I can’t quite see the arrow as it buries itself into the tree, but I do feel it cut the other side of my neck.
Everything slams back in as I gasp, the forest suddenly loud and my lungs feeling as if they might burst as I suck in air. I lift a shaky hand up to my throat, feeling the slickness of my blood there.
The arrows are embedded perfectly on either side of my neck, and now, I’m pinned in place as Thali lowers the bow, turning to stare at me. His eyes glint with violent promises, and a shiver wracks my body.
What have I gotten myself into?
27
THALI
“You ran.”
I don’t even recognize my own voice. It’s deep and rough, laced with anger that the woman who isminethinks she has the right to try and disappear in this forest. As if I wouldn’t catch her.
Brielle gulps, the collar moving with her throat, and my hand itches to latch around the column and squeeze, to remind her that her life is mine and mine alone to control.
I think the arrows suffice as the message.
“I wasn’t running from you.”
I shake my head, the words hardly even registering. I drop the bow on the forest floor as I start forward, seething that she thinks she had the right to leave like that.
“You ran.” I stop before her, planting my hands on either side of her head and leaning in close. I run my tongue up her neck, sweat, and blood mingling on my tongue, and my cock jerks in my pants. “I told you before, I will punish you for that.”
“I wasn’t safe –”
I bark out a harsh laugh. “You think anyone would have touched you with me there?” I pull back to stare into her eyes. “You think I would have let anyone near what ismine?”
Her pupils widen as she stares at me, and I almost wonder what I look like right now. I’m sure it’s crazed. Good. Let her see me for what I truly am.
I drag my nose down her cheek. “No. You know better. Now stop arguing. It’s time for me to claim the prey I caught.”
My hands drop to her waist, and I jerk on her pants. She hisses, and I look up, cocking an eyebrow. “Be careful.” I pull again until the material is pooling at her feet and there is fresh blood on her neck. “The edges are sharp.”
She bares her teeth, but before she speaks, I grab her underwear and rip them free. A gasp blocks her words, and I unlace my own pants. My cock pops out as soon as the restraints are gone, and I stroke myself as I take in her body.
Brielle is pushed up on her toes to keep the arrows from pressing too deep, and while I can see the tension lining her body, I can also see how turned on she is by the fear and violence of it all. Her nipples are hard, pushing through the fabric of her shirt, and her legs are clenched together as she fights the ache there.
One I intend to fill.
“What is it, brave one?” I ask as I press the tip to her clit, pushing forward so I slide along her seam. Her jaw tightens as she stares up at me. “I thought you’d like whatever I give you. Were you disillusioned that you could have all the pleasure without the pain?”
Her chest heaves, but she doesn’t answer, only making me angrier. I step closer, sliding my hands beneath her knees. I force her up, her back digging into the trunk as I push her legs up on either side of her torso and bare her pussy to me.
Her hands press against the trunk as she seeks purchase. I’ve alleviated some of the pressure of the arrows off her throat as I’ve shifted her up, but the threat isn’t gone.
