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pulled off her clothing and folded it neatly before pulling back
the bedding and climbing into the massive and surprisingly comfortable bed.
    Draven
walked back a couple minutes later with a data pad in one hand and two bottles
of water in his other. He stopped dead in his tracks when he spotted her
clothing on the chair. Slowly his head turned toward the bed, and up went an
eyebrow. “Comfortable?” he asked, his voice a little rougher than she’d ever
heard it.
    “I
am. Thank you.” She was sitting up in the bed with the blankets pulled around
her body. “I hate sleeping in clothes. Will this be okay?”
    “Uh,
sure that will be fine,” he said. She could hear him swallow as he got closer
to the bed. Holding out the pad and one of the bottles of water to her, Draven
set the other on the side table. “Give me a minute and I’ll be right with you.”
He spun away and walked into what she guessed was the closet given the hangers
she could see.
    She
took a drink of the water and simply smiled. Life was going to be interesting
she was sure and to be honest, she couldn’t wait. She looked forward to every
moment in time with him.
    This
time when Draven came back into the room he was only wearing a pair of loose
pants low on his hips. The first thing she noticed was the tattoo over his
heart. Her name in an elaborate design that vaguely resembled a heart. Slipping
onto the bed next to her, he sat facing her, his knees bumping her leg as he
crossed them and leaned his elbows to his thighs.
    She
moved so that she could reach out and touch the tattoo over his heart. She
tugged at the blanket so that she could bare her skin to his eyes, and said, “I
had this done to remind me that I could be loved. To remind me that there was
happiness waiting for me.”
    His
fingers traced over her tattoo. “No more waiting, Cecilia. Now we live.” He
cupped her cheek, leaned in, and kissed her lightly. “We can do whatever you
want now, little one. But first let’s get our contract started, okay?”
    She
nodded, then pulled the blanket back up and watched him. Before she could even
stop herself, she said, “Never ask me to dominate you in bed, please. After
what I saw in my mother’s vid diary I know I never could do that. I want to
have you be the stronger partner. The one that will lead our sex lives. Please?
I also never want to share or be shared. I couldn’t do that.”
    Frowning
at her, he nodded. After a moment he shifted around so they were sitting side
by side. He took the data pad from her and looped an arm around her shoulders
to bring her in closer. “I’m naturally dominant anyway, little one. That you
never have to worry about. But this doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun too. I
will always be fully in charge, Cecilia. But I like the idea of you being able
to touch, to learn, and to have a little time to learn your own power. Doesn’t
mean you’ll be dominating me in the least. It just means that I’m giving you a
chance to explore at your own speed instead of whatever I decide. Do you
understand?”
    “Yes.
That I understand but what that woman did I will never understand.” She leaned
into his touch and sighed. “I never want to sleep alone again. If you have to
go out, can I come with you?” She didn’t want to be left alone.
    “Of
course you can. You are always welcome to come with me wherever you’d like. The
only place you may not want to be for any length of time is the command deck.
It’s normally very loud, very chaotic, and I’m always on the move. But you can
always sit in my office where I can come visit you, or you can pop onto the
command deck.” Tipping her chin up, he smiled at her, then dropped a kiss to
her nose. He laughed when she wrinkled it up. “All right, so we have our
Dominant and submissive guidelines laid out. What all are you interested in,
Cecilia? Here,” he muttered. He pressed a few options on the screen and handed
her the pad. “This is a list of various things