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That must’ve been the right answer because he pulls me back against his chest.
“Of course not.”
After a moment, I dare speak.
“Thali?”
“Yes?” he asks, pulling back to look at me.
“I’m yours, but are you mine?”
He pauses, blinking at me in surprise. It takes him a moment to respond.
“Of course I’m yours. Just not in the same way that you’re mine,” he smirks, his tongue darting out and licking his bottom lip.
I can’t help it. My mouth drops open. He takes the opportunity to grab my jaw again, keeping my mouth open. I blink up at him.
“Do you submit to me? Do you accept that you’re mine forever?”
He lets me go so that I can answer.
“I thought it didn’t matter if I agree or not.”
His nostrils flare, and I know I’ve fucked up.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that. Please don’t punish me for that.”
He lifts an eyebrow at me, but he obviously finds this amusing.
“I’ll give you a pass for that one. But I asked you a question. Answer it.”
“Yes, I submit. I’m yours, Thali.”
He nods, satisfied. He’s about to reach for me again when I step back.
“Or am I?” I giggle, turning around and running as fast as I can into the woods before he can stop me.
29
THALI
All I can think as Brielle takes off is how fucking perfect she is for me. Everything she says and does is everything I never knew I needed in my life.
My brave one loves to run from me, and I love to chase her. As she runs, she keeps looking back at me over her shoulder, shrieking and giggling when she sees how close I’m getting.
Of course, I could catch her in less than a second if I wanted to, but she’s scared of me, and she loves that fear. She thrives off of it. And so I’m more than willing to give it to her, and then some.
“You’re not getting away,” I taunt.
“Leave me alone!” she screams back at me, daring a peek that almost causes her to trip.
I chuckle, and my eyes wander down to her mostly bare ass and linger on the dried blood and ripped dress. I almost forgot that this isn’t the first time that I’ve chased her today. Gods, she really does love this.
And she really is so brave. I have no idea how after everything she’s been through today, she appears to be perfectly fine. I expected her to be a fucking wreck.
Getting chased and fucked by me earlier was surely a lot for her. Then she got captured and betrayed by her best friend and almost died. She saw her whole side of town destroyed and watched everyone she knew being slaughtered… by the man she loves. Fuck.
Except, does she love me? She didn’t say it back when I confessed it to her. At the time I didn’t even think about it, but now… maybe she doesn’t love me? Or maybe she’s just been through a lot today and didn’t even think to say it back.
