“This is the only place you let yourself go. This is how you relax,” I said.
Blindfolded, I could only remember the way the art spattered over the concrete walls, the mirrored wall he’d broken. I remembered his face and how he’d looked at me when he first kissed me. Hungry. My heart beat faster.
“Most people lose control. You take it.”
“That’s true,” he said, laughing softly. “But you forgot the most important thing of all.”
“What’s that?”
“In here, I allow myself to get creative.”
The handcuffs slipped over my wrists. He’d padded them with silk, and I tugged gently. The chains clinked in the darkness. I breathed in and out, trying not to let panic overtake me. I was blind and bound; there was a collar around my neck, but this was Jake’s house I was in. Jake’s room. He wouldn’t harm me.
The chains pulled my arms out and up, and I sat up on my knees. I swayed slightly, dizzy underneath the blindfold, but the handcuffs held me tightly enough so that I wouldn’t fall.
I could feel his breathing on the back of my neck. I strained forward, away from him, but the ties around my wrists held fast. He had me. Oh, God, he had me now, and he could do whatever he wanted with me.
“Lacey, my darling.” He breathed the words into my ear from behind me. I gasped as his hand touched my shoulder. His fingers were warmer than his breath on the back of my neck.
Kage.
“Are you afraid of the dark?”
I was terrified, but it wasn’t because of the dark. I was terrified that this would be the last night he touched me. Tonight would be over soon, and then I would have to go back to my stupid jobs and my stupid life. More than that, I was scared to even think past this moment.
And I wondered what he would do to me now.
His fingers slid down my back. His other hand gripped my hip. The bed moved as he shifted his weight closer to me. I gritted my teeth. I was his, but only for one more night. What would he do to me now that he knew he could do anything?
Despite myself, I felt my body begin to respond as his hands curved down around my waist and paused there. Warmth spread between my thighs. I clenched them together tightly, trying to ignore the pulsing desire inside of me.
Take me. Take me.
No. This wasn’t me. This couldn’t be real. The Lacey who walked into this apartment would never have let someone put a collar around her neck. And yet here I was, with the pressure of the leather strap around my neck. With chains binding my arms out to the sides.
Who was I?
I jerked my head away at the sudden touch on my neck. Even in the darkness, I could tell that he was smiling behind me. The touch came again, and this time I was prepared.
But then his lips pressed against my neck. I tried to sit still, but he sucked at my skin and I couldn’t help the moan that tore from my collared throat.
“Oh, Lacey,” he murmured.
His hands came forward, sliding over my stomach and up to my breasts. Again he kissed my neck. Again I gasped. This time it was his tongue, the hot pressure sending me into near spasms as he cupped my breasts.
I moaned as he sucked my skin and everything sank into pure sensation—
—his muscled chest against my back, his skin hot against mine—
—his fingers pinching my nipples so hard it sends flames racing through my nerves, his thumb rolling over the hard swollen nubs—
—his lips taking me, his mouth possessing me, his tongue licking my skin—
—his breath whispering softness into my ear—
“I can’t stop myself,” he said.
Oh God. Oh, Jake. If there was anything in the world I wanted right now, it was his cock inside of me. My body ached to take him inside, thick and pulsing.
“Don’t try,” I rasped.
Don’t. I didn’t want him to stop. Not now. I wanted him to do everything to me. I didn’t want him to hold back anymore. He wasn’t Jake anymore, he was Kage, and I wanted everything that he had to offer.
Still, it was this delicious anticipation that built the pressure inside of me, that rolled over and through my nerves. His hands came down, gripping my thighs. His fingers scrabbled needily over my skin. Before I could say another word, he forced my thighs apart.
I wanted him so badly, but I wanted him to want me the same way.
My body recoiled, clenching together, but he was already kneeling between my legs behind me. His hard cock pressed against the small of my back. It was impossibly hot, burning hot against my cool skin. I moaned as he slid his cock down between my thighs to where I was already slick with moisture.
“Jesus. Oh Jesus. Lacey.” His voice was a growl that sent shivers through my body. “You don’t know what you do to me.”