pair
of white socks he owned. A white flag of surrender
wasn’t standard issue for the duty uniform. A sock was
the best he could do.
Nearing the door to his playroom, Menace realized
Nearing the door to his playroom, Menace realized
Naya was being awfuly quiet. The fine hairs on the back
of his neck stood on edge. He tapped the doorframe,
activating the mechanism that puled it wide open, and
stepped into the room. The sight that greeted him left his
mouth gaping wide open. “How the hel did you get
loose?”
“Oh, nice of you to come check on me now!” She
shot an angry glare his way. With one ankle stil cuffed to
the chair where he’d placed her after her shower, Naya
franticaly worked to pick the lock. “What if I’d passed
out chained to this chair?”
“There are sensors in the cuffs. They measure your
pulse and respiratory rate. If you’d been in any distress, I
would have been alerted.” Menace shook himself from
the stupor of finding her nearly free. “How the hel—”
“For a soldier, you’re realy bad at frisking.” She stuck
out her tongue at him. “Always check the cheek,
Menace. You’d be surprised how easy it to hide
something like, oh, a hairpin in there.”
He remembered the smal black pins she’d been
wearing in her hair during the Grab. He’d been sure he’d
taken them al when he’d pushed her into the bathroom
for her shower. Apparently he’d been wrong.
for her shower. Apparently he’d been wrong.
In a flash, she worked the final cuff free and jumped to
her feet. She raised her hands as if prepared to fight him.
“Get back, Menace!”
“Or what?” He laughed and shut the door. He pressed
his thumb to the keypad there, activating the biometric
lock. “You’l stab me with a hairpin?”
She glared at him, her dark eyes flashing with such
intense hatred. “Don’t tempt me.” She snatched up the
chair and wielded it like a bat. “Maybe I’l knock you
upside the head with a chair. How does that sound?”
“Like first-degree assault,” he muttered.
“Exactly! Now get my clothes and get the hel out of
my way.”
Menace let his interested gaze rake her naked form.
His cock instantly responded to the sight of so much
silky, brown flesh. The memory of her struggling beneath
him in the forest sent heat roling through his stomach. So
smal and hot, her body had instantly caled to him. The
sight of her naked skin made his heart race.
Her perky breasts heaved with every shalow breath.
Her nipples had drawn tight to dusky peaks. Not from
arousal, of course. Fear. Cold. Al those things could
arousal, of course. Fear. Cold. Al those things could
elicit the same response.
His needy gaze moved lower. His fingers just itched to
ride the gentle slope of her curving waist to her ful hips
and thighs. Though petite, she carried more weight than
most of the women he’d seen from her planet. She had
the sweetest curves he’d ever seen. What he wouldn’t
do for the chance to worship between her thighs.
“Are you deaf? Where the fuck are my clothes?”
Her waspish tongue ripped him from his lusty thoughts.
Frowning, he said, “They’re in the laundry. I’l give you
clean clothes in the morning. If you cooperate,” he
added, figuring this might be one of the few bargaining
chips in his arsenal.
“Cooperate?” She scoffed loudly and let the chair
drop with a noisy clatter. She gestured to the wal of
implements he’d so carefuly organized. Some of the
floggers and crops and canes he’d had for years. Others,
like the gags and clamps and toys, he’d chosen in
preparation for bringing home a new wife. “Look, I don’t
know what you think is going to happen tonight, but I’l
tel you this, Menace. The only person getting their ass
beat tonight is you .”
And there it was. Under al that bravado, she was
And there it was. Under al that bravado, she was
afraid. She was scared. Of me.
The knowledge hit him hard.