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    “ We will deal with that another time; answer my question.”  His tone held that delicious tone of authority, and she found the stirring came back in places farther down then her belly.

Anna sniffled and remained quiet.  She wished that he would hold her the way he had in the woods.  She wanted to belong to him so that they could do more than just sleep on a too-narrow bed.  She wanted him to kiss her the way that lords kissed their ladies.  Even though it was for only a moment she desperately wanted to feel the closeness again.

The man tapped his hand upon her right buttock over her dress quickly and in fast succession.  “I demand an answer.”
    “ I would rather throw myself from a tower.”
    He flipped her skirts up then and began to spank her bare bottom .

  “Be glad, Little One, that you are not my possession, because if you were, I would let my belt kiss your bottom again.”  He continued to smack.  “Do you promise not to harm yourself?”
    Anna inhaled sharply as he laid another dozen or so smacks on her already burning cheeks.  “Please!”  She struggled to stay still.
    “ Your answer or I continue.”  He paused in his task.
    She yelped and kicked.  She did not want to promise him anything.  Why was he making her promise at all if she were not his?  He continued to spank again and Anna realized he took her lack of affirmation as a no.  He had laid another dozen smacks before Anna nearly screamed.  “I swear it!”  Anna gasped as stopped and pulled her skirts back down.  She was crying hard now and she remained over his lap.
    “ I expect you to keep this lesson in mind whenever you think of questioning my actions.”  He turned her on his knee so that she could look at him.  “I still have questions, Sir.”  She took several breaths as she blinked up at him.  He reached down and smoothed the hem of her dress.

The man wiped her eyes dry with his thumbs.  “I have to bring you back to your lord.  For now you must keep them to yourself.” 
    Anna frowned.  If he truly was awful why was he being tender now?   “I know what you are asking, Sir, but that creature!”  She shuddered.  “How can I possibly bed -”
    The man placed a finger over her mouth.  “Lord Wendel is an old man.  You have nothing to fear from him.”  His eyes darkened then.  “I will also tell you that I will not let any of his men touch you in any way.”  He moved his finger.  “You have my word.”
    “ I doubt your word, Sir.”  Anna sighed heavily as the last of her tears subsided.
    “ Then believe my actions.”
    Anna raised an eyebrow as he leaned down and kissed her gently.  She made small sounds under his lips as he kissed her deeper.  She opened her mouth and kissed him back.  An odd sensation began to flutter in her stomach.  Anna opened her eyes and smiled as he pulled back.  She could do nothing but stare at him wordlessly as he began to kiss her again.  She draped her arms around his neck as her sounds got louder. 
    “Shhh….you must not make such sounds in this room.”  He kissed her forehead then as if she was something precious and moved her carefully off of his lap.  Anna sighed as she watched him.  “I need to take you to Lord Wendel.”  He gestured towards the door.
    “ I wish that were not true, Sir.”  She watched him walk through the door and followed him slowly.   He had asked that she trust him still and after such a kiss she had to.  The fact he had kissed her at all was shocking.  She wanted desperately to feel his mouth on hers.  She kept staring up at him, even as they made their way out of the inn.  He picked her up and placed her back onto the horse.  She noticed that his hands seem to linger on her waist before he got on behind her.  Anna let herself lean back on his chest and she desperately wished that just for a moment they were going off towards another village.  It could be any village as