Total pages in book: 184
Estimated words: 188108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 941(@200wpm)___ 752(@250wpm)___ 627(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 188108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 941(@200wpm)___ 752(@250wpm)___ 627(@300wpm)
Was she too much work?
Salem placed his hand gently on the front of her neck. It took a lot of trust for her to not react to such a possessive, almost threatening, hold.
But that’s what he’d been building these past ten days, right?
That trust between Pet and Sir.
Also, she knew it wasn’t meant as a threat. It was supposed to ground her. And it did. But only because that’s how he’d trained her.
To trust in Sir to protect her.
“Listen to me, we understand about not being able to talk about some things,” he told her. “But part of who we are is that we don’t like you being upset or scared. We want to solve all your problems and take them away.”
“Nothing wrong with that,” Alexei said.
“You can’t take away something that happened in the past,” she pointed out.
“But perhaps we can help make you feel better about it now? Or at least comfort you through it. But we can’t do that if you don’t tell us.”
The stern look he sent her told her that she was in trouble.
“I’m thinking that I shouldn’t tell you that truth if I want to sit tomorrow.”
“I’m thinking you should tell us if you ever want to come again,” Alexei growled.
“What? That’s cruel and unusual punishment! I’d rather take the spanking. Here! Spank me!” She rolled over onto her stomach and Alexei landed a hard smack on her ass.
“And again!” she cried. “What sort of spanking do you call that?”
He landed another one.
“Again! Again!”
Two more spanks landed. Lifting up onto her elbows, she turned to glare at him. “Spank me!”
He gave her about six more spanks before stopping to rub the heat in. She turned over.
“There. Now, I get to come.”
Salem shook his head. “No.”
“What? Why not?”
“Because you are being punished,” Alexei said. “You have been having nightmares and not telling us. And you won’t tell us what is going on.”
“But you just spanked me!”
“Because you asked me to,” Alexei replied. “That spanking wasn’t a punishment.”
What. The. Heck!
Did he mean that she’d just been spanked for no reason?
Noooo.
Who could she complain to about that?
“That is so rude! You could have told me before you started spanking me!”
“I could have,” he agreed without shame. “But I didn’t. I just can’t resist when you beg.”
Whatever! Like she believed that. He didn’t seem to have any problems resisting her when she’d been begging to come.
Oh, she was gonna kick her some Alexei-ass!
“You don’t have to tell us any secrets,” Salem said hastily, no doubt reading the murder on her face. “But we do need to know about anything that is a threat to you. You could have badly hurt yourself, baby.”
She stared at the mark on his neck, then over at the red spot on Alexei’s forehead.
She had hurt them. And it could have been worse than this. She could have really harmed them.
Guilt filled her, flooding out the anger.
Darn it.
She’d liked the anger. She hated feeling guilty.
“I’m sorry I hurt you. I really didn’t mean to.”
“Shh, no one is blaming you. We just want to know what is going on. We just want to take care of you,” Salem told her.
“I don’t deserve you guys.”
Alexei scowled and smacked his hand down on her outer thigh. “Those are spanking words.”
“Well, you already gave me a spanking for no reason, so I guess I’m in credit.”
“Not the way it works, Bunny,” he told her in a low voice. “There is no savings account for spankings.”
That was just rude.
38
“Tell us what we can do to help,” Salem told her before leaning down to lick across her nipple. “Then you’ll get to come. Then I’ll fuck you the way I know you want.” He slid two fingers deep inside her.
“And Alexei? He always says no.” She sent Alexei a sad look. “I don’t think he wants to fuck me.”
“Aww, poor Bunny. Do you need my dick?”
“I always need your dick,” she told him longingly.
“Not sure you deserve it, though.” He reached down and added his fingers to Salem’s.
Holy crap.
Four fingers inside her. It was almost too much. On the point of pain.
“And I don’t think you’re ready. I’m not going to risk hurting you.”
“You won’t!” she cried.
“Not if I stretch you for him first,” Salem said. “Then he will be able to take you without worry of hurting you.”
Oh. That sounded perfect.
“I’m going to get you all ready for Alexei to fuck you. But you have to tell us what’s going on so we can help you in the future.”
“I . . . I . . .” They were moving their fingers in tandem now. One would thrust in deep while the other drew his fingers out.
God. She couldn’t take it.
How was she meant to think? To function?
“What can we do to stop the nightmares, baby?” Salem pressed. “What should we do to make certain that never happens again?”