Total pages in book: 61
Estimated words: 60904 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60904 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 305(@200wpm)___ 244(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
I sigh—annoyance tinged with gratitude. I can’t deny that I’m aching for him, but he’s probably right. It took all of my courage to meet him tonight with the promise of nothing more than him touching me. Losing my virginity to Bones would create an attachment I might not ever be able to sever.
“Why do you enjoy denying me and making me suffer?” I tease. “Sadist.”
“You’re hardly suffering right now.” He chuckles darkly. “When I catch you, I’ll make you weep and beg and scream my name. Then you’ll know the meaning of suffering for me. And you will love every exquisite second of it.”
I square my shoulders to hide the rush of lust that threatens to make me quake. “Are we going to this hunt, or not? I can’t run with you holding my hand like this.”
I give a halfhearted tug, and his fingers tighten around mine.
“Maybe I’ve changed my mind,” he says. “Maybe I don’t want the others to see you like this.”
“Like what? I’m fully covered in this dress, and I’m wearing a mask.”
“Your pretty, prim ponytail is mussed, and your lip gloss is smudged from where I forced you to suck your arousal from my glove. Any man will know how wet and horny you are. I don’t want them to look at what’s mine.”
I try to smooth my hair back into a tidier state, and he laughs.
“Stop laughing at me,” I grumble. “You did this. It’s your fault if I look like a mess.”
“And what a beautiful mess you are. We can join the others if you’re so eager. If anyone looks at you too long, I can always gouge their eyes out.”
I pat his arm fondly. “I’m sure you would. How delightfully barbaric.”
My giggle morphs into a shriek when he lifts me as though I weigh nothing and tosses me over his shoulder. I wriggle, and stinging pain blooms on my thigh.
“Did you just spank me?” I demand.
Another twin blow lands on my opposite thigh.
“You tell me, clever girl.”
“Ouch! Cut it out and put me down.”
Two more swats in quick succession, and my skin burns. The heat sinks into my flesh, fueling the pulsing warmth between my legs.
His fingers tease higher, testing the slickness on my labia.
I relax against him with an embarrassingly needy whimper.
“Do you want me to turn on the vibrator?” he taunts.
“Yes.”
The sweet sting flares hotter when he spanks me again.
“Too bad. I’m in control now. All these years, you’ve teased me and provoked me. I intend to punish you for all of it tonight.”
“You’re always the one in control,” I huff.
He barks out an incredulous laugh. “You hold all the power here, and you know it. But if I dropped to my knees and worshipped you, I don’t think you’d like it very much. You want to play this game where I force you to surrender. I’m here for your pleasure, Karolina. The least I can do is take my satisfaction in your sweet little pleas and breathy moans.”
“Sweet little pleas and breathy moans,” I mimic. “What about all of your growling and snarling? Seriously, I hope you have cough drops for later.”
“So prickly.” He brushes his smooth glove over my stinging thighs. “Are you flustered about something, kitten?”
“I’ll make you flustered,” I shoot back. “Wait until you’re the one panting while I outrun you.”
A burst of vibration against my g-spot draws an embarrassing squeak from my chest.
It’s over in a second. I growl my irritation and writhe over his shoulder.
He just pats my upturned butt with unabashed affection.
I’m so distracted by my need for an orgasm that I don’t immediately notice the murmur of a small crowd as his long strides carry us around the manor and into a manicured garden.
“Looks like you’ve already caught your prize,” a masculine voice says. “What a disappointing hunt.”
“Keep your eyes on your own prize, or you won’t see anything ever again.”
If I thought Bones was snarling before, it’s nothing compared to the feral grumble that makes his entire body vibrate with aggression as he threatens the man who teased me.
I relax against my masked man with a happy sigh. I don’t have to worry about anything when he’s my scary protector. I’m not afraid that he’ll actually carry out the violent threat—Bones is all bark and no bite—but he’s intimidating enough to keep other men away.
And his fierce demeanor is sexy as hell.
I decide to playfully pat his butt too. I barely have a moment to appreciate the taut muscle beneath my hand before he lifts me off his shoulder and sets me on my feet.
His head is cocked as he stares down at me, his big hands bracketing my waist.
“What the hell was that?”
I grin up at him. “You’re very scary. I approve.”
He blows out a long breath and rubs his masked forehead. “What am I going to do with you?”